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Pentagon agrees to send 200 American troops to Baghdad and Erbil next month
Follow-up - Iraq Press - September 26 / September: A spokesman for the Defense Department, "Pentagon", Major General John Kirby, said Friday that there are 200 American soldiers have been approved sent to Iraq in the month of October next.
The defense secretary, Chuck Hegel, has signed last Wednesday, on the transfer of 500 military during October / October next, from the camp, "Fort Riley", Kansas, to the Central Command, in Tampa, Florida, for distribution in the regions outside the United States.
The Kirby told a news conference I followed / Iraq Presse /, that "the 200 military will be sent to Baghdad and Erbil, as part of the 475 military, who declared President Barack Obama on the tenth of this month, his intention to send them within a strategy to confront the organization" Islamic State " .
He stressed that "this installment, which will join the Joint Operations Center in Baghdad and Erbil," will be the teams to provide advice and support centers, military leaders and not for distribution to military units. "
He pointed out that "the remaining 300 military, will be transferred from the central leadership to areas other than Iraq, without disclosing those areas."
He also denied to provide any information he has from the rest of the 475 military who Obama has promised to send them to Iraq.
The American president said in an address to the American people the evening of 10 this month about the "strategy" for the overall organization Moadjah Daash, it is sending 475 military to Iraq to train the Iraqi and Kurdish forces, and providing them with weapons and intelligence. "
The first deputy head of the provincial council in Salahuddin Jassim Mohammed Hassan al-Attiyah, has revealed on Thursday, about the existence of dozens of American military advisers in the Base Speicher, while stressing that the 13,000 American soldiers with military vehicles will arrive during the next few days to rule.
Attiyah said in a statement reported L / Iraq Press / "The American military command chose to base Spyker to be a base for stationing American army which, being the largest military bases in Iraq," noting that "there are dozens of military advisers Americans at the base, coordination and supervision of the military battles" .
Attiyah said that "13,000 American soldiers will arrive with their vehicles during the next few days to a base Spyker to supervise and participate in the liberation of Salahuddin province, and with support American aviation." Q ended.
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Follow-up - Iraq Press - September 26 / September: A spokesman for the Defense Department, "Pentagon", Major General John Kirby, said Friday that there are 200 American soldiers have been approved sent to Iraq in the month of October next.
The defense secretary, Chuck Hegel, has signed last Wednesday, on the transfer of 500 military during October / October next, from the camp, "Fort Riley", Kansas, to the Central Command, in Tampa, Florida, for distribution in the regions outside the United States.
The Kirby told a news conference I followed / Iraq Presse /, that "the 200 military will be sent to Baghdad and Erbil, as part of the 475 military, who declared President Barack Obama on the tenth of this month, his intention to send them within a strategy to confront the organization" Islamic State " .
He stressed that "this installment, which will join the Joint Operations Center in Baghdad and Erbil," will be the teams to provide advice and support centers, military leaders and not for distribution to military units. "
He pointed out that "the remaining 300 military, will be transferred from the central leadership to areas other than Iraq, without disclosing those areas."
He also denied to provide any information he has from the rest of the 475 military who Obama has promised to send them to Iraq.
The American president said in an address to the American people the evening of 10 this month about the "strategy" for the overall organization Moadjah Daash, it is sending 475 military to Iraq to train the Iraqi and Kurdish forces, and providing them with weapons and intelligence. "
The first deputy head of the provincial council in Salahuddin Jassim Mohammed Hassan al-Attiyah, has revealed on Thursday, about the existence of dozens of American military advisers in the Base Speicher, while stressing that the 13,000 American soldiers with military vehicles will arrive during the next few days to rule.
Attiyah said in a statement reported L / Iraq Press / "The American military command chose to base Spyker to be a base for stationing American army which, being the largest military bases in Iraq," noting that "there are dozens of military advisers Americans at the base, coordination and supervision of the military battles" .
Attiyah said that "13,000 American soldiers will arrive with their vehicles during the next few days to a base Spyker to supervise and participate in the liberation of Salahuddin province, and with support American aviation." Q ended.
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