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morningfog

(18,115 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:40 PM Jun 2014

First 130 U.S. Troops Have Arrived in Baghdad

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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

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First 130 U.S. Troops Have Arrived in Baghdad (Original Post) morningfog Jun 2014 OP
Wearing boots. morningfog Jun 2014 #1
Levitation boots; they don't touch the ground. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #5
I wonder what the Vegas odds are that this is only the beginning aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #2
Out of curiosity ... 1000words Jun 2014 #3
July 26, 1950 - United States military involvement in Vietnam begins Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #4

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
2. I wonder what the Vegas odds are that this is only the beginning
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:02 PM
Jun 2014

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.

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
4. July 26, 1950 - United States military involvement in Vietnam begins
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 04:13 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1945.html

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.

April 30, 1975 - At 8:35 a.m., the last Americans, ten Marines from the embassy, depart Saigon, concluding the United States presence in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops pour into Saigon and encounter little resistance. By 11 a.m., the red and blue Viet Cong flag flies from the presidential palace. President Minh broadcasts a message of unconditional surrender. The war is over.
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