SocalDinar Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 The United States sends 300 additional soldiers to Iraq Amr Salem August 11, 2022 423 2 min Two American soldier in Mosul in 2017. Photo: AP Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The United States reinforces its military forces participating in the international coalition fighting ISIS with additional 300 soldiers who will remain in Iraq for nine months and return to the United States in July 2023. These additional soldiers are from the 163rd Field Artillery Division of the Indiana National Guard, and this is the first time the United States sends this number of soldiers to Iraq since 2008. While about 85 countries participate in the international coalition to eliminate ISIS, US officials indicated that the 300 soldiers will support the security forces of the international coalition present in Iraq. US media indicated that American soldiers often volunteer to be sent to other countries, and at other times, military leaders choose experienced soldiers for this purpose. There are currently 2,500 American soldiers in Iraq, and these soldiers work with the international coalition and within the framework of NATO. They provide advice to the Iraqi forces, and it is not known whether their number will reach 2,800 soldiers with the arrival of the new force, or there will be a replacement of soldiers. In December 2021, the tasks of the US forces in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region were changed from combating tasks to merely advisory tasks, but US officials at that time quickly confirmed that Washington would not leave the Middle East. https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/the-united-stated-sends-300-additional-soldiers-to-iraq/ 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 I wonder if they went into Iraq knowing in advance that they will get left behind 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Artillery...long distance, the next best thing to being there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shixjr Posted August 12, 2022 Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 12 hours ago, SocalDinar said: the US forces in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region were changed from combating tasks to merely advisory tasks So they left the same 2500 folks over there and then said we pulled out of Iraq. That's some kind of spin right there. Our politicians think we are a bunch of idiots. Let's show them who the idiots are in November! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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