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03-29-2016, 12:30 PM
Military chiefs seize on Brussels attacks to send more US troops to Iraq
By Thomas Gaist
29 March 2016
The United States Defense Department (DOD) is seizing on the terror attacks in Brussels to carry out yet another wave of US troop deployments to Iraq, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joe Dunford and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter made clear in statements last Friday.
Additional US forces will come on top of the current force of some 5,000 troops, which already exceeds the Obama administration’s nominal “cap” of 3,800 soldiers. More troops could depart for Iraq within a matter of weeks.
“We have a series of recommendations that we will be discussing with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the Iraqi Security Forces,” General Dunford said, in a statement from the Pentagon.
“The secretary and I both believe that there will be an increase to the US forces in Iraq in the coming weeks—but that decision hasn’t been made,” Dunford added.
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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/03/29/iraq-m29.html
By Thomas Gaist
29 March 2016
The United States Defense Department (DOD) is seizing on the terror attacks in Brussels to carry out yet another wave of US troop deployments to Iraq, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joe Dunford and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter made clear in statements last Friday.
Additional US forces will come on top of the current force of some 5,000 troops, which already exceeds the Obama administration’s nominal “cap” of 3,800 soldiers. More troops could depart for Iraq within a matter of weeks.
“We have a series of recommendations that we will be discussing with the president in the coming weeks to further enable our support for the Iraqi Security Forces,” General Dunford said, in a statement from the Pentagon.
“The secretary and I both believe that there will be an increase to the US forces in Iraq in the coming weeks—but that decision hasn’t been made,” Dunford added.
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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/03/29/iraq-m29.html