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JUST IN: First 130 U.S. troops have arrived in Baghdad, Pentagon says. Approx. 50 more will deploy to Iraq in the next few days
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UPDATE:
The first of 130 U.S. troops have arrived in Baghdad, according to the Pentagon.
Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that the first 40 were already in Iraq, assigned to the Office of Security Cooperation. The Special Operations troops were "re-missioned" and began working today as the first two assessment teams.
Another 90 military personnel arrived in Baghdad today to begin setting up the Baghdad Joint Operations Center. These troops were deployed from around the Central Command area of operations, and include Special Operations troops, intelligence analysts, logisticians, IT support, etc. from all the U.S. armed services, not just the Army.
Approximately 50 more troops will deploy to Iraq in the next few days and will form the next four assessment teams, officials said.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/first-130-u-s-troops-arrive-baghdad-pentagon-n139651
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Michigander_Life
(549 posts)There are no boots on the ground.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)We've already re-adjusted what we vowed not to adjust on the immunity issue. The immunity issue is why we left Iraq. Now apparently all we have to go on is a verbal promise from Al Maliki, the guy we want out of there in favor of a nebulous new government that may or may not grant immunity some time in the future. These things always seem to get revised and escalated and I hope to hell my feeling is wrong.
1000words
(7,051 posts)Are they being greeted with flowers and candy this time?
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)July 26, 1950 - United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French.
American military advisers will accompany the flow of U.S. tanks, planes, artillery and other supplies to Vietnam. Over the next four years, the U.S. will spend $3 Billion on the French war and by 1954 will provide 80 percent of all war supplies used by the French.
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