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American research centers: US forces in Iraq will increase to 15,000
January 16, 2015
It is expected that the number of US troops in Iraq to between 9 and 15 000 by the end of this year, according to forecasts by the US military.
He said the principal investigator in the strategic Middle East Affairs (Anthony cordesman) that US military personnel are working in two are camp Taji air base of Al-Asad was appointed to two additional sidava to the list this year, noted cordesman to the projected increase in the numbers of troops, saying "there is increasing the number of our military in Iraq as it would, in their view, to lead to a repetition of what happened in the years that followed the war of 2003. I think that the warning is misplaced. "
He explained his objectors, "cordesman," increase in troop numbers is commensurate with the task. At the moment to increase the number of troops in the next moment can also be reduced. Nor should the task under article quantitatively. The task is to defeat President Obama told bedaash. And the formal framework of commitment is very clear, not change daash defeat any system or a war in the traditional sense of the war. "
From the Midwest, a researcher in military affairs at the Brookings Institution Michael O'Hanlon what cordesman stressed that no military personnel deployed to Iraq could increase to up to 15,000 this year, adding, "we will have to train in clan wishing to fight in central Iraq daash. And with the steady increase in the number of clans that express their wish to fight terrorism in their region, the natural increase in the number of instructors, I expect the number ranges between 9 and 15 000 during this year. "
O'Hanlon said "so far arguably daash lost momentum and that it was forced to freeze plans to expand geographically. However, this does not mean that they are defeated. That defeat required years will be realized by us forces but they would by Iraqi forces and the Iraqi people. This means that part of our mission is to help those who want to confront daash not waging war on their behalf. "
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January 16, 2015
It is expected that the number of US troops in Iraq to between 9 and 15 000 by the end of this year, according to forecasts by the US military.
He said the principal investigator in the strategic Middle East Affairs (Anthony cordesman) that US military personnel are working in two are camp Taji air base of Al-Asad was appointed to two additional sidava to the list this year, noted cordesman to the projected increase in the numbers of troops, saying "there is increasing the number of our military in Iraq as it would, in their view, to lead to a repetition of what happened in the years that followed the war of 2003. I think that the warning is misplaced. "
He explained his objectors, "cordesman," increase in troop numbers is commensurate with the task. At the moment to increase the number of troops in the next moment can also be reduced. Nor should the task under article quantitatively. The task is to defeat President Obama told bedaash. And the formal framework of commitment is very clear, not change daash defeat any system or a war in the traditional sense of the war. "
From the Midwest, a researcher in military affairs at the Brookings Institution Michael O'Hanlon what cordesman stressed that no military personnel deployed to Iraq could increase to up to 15,000 this year, adding, "we will have to train in clan wishing to fight in central Iraq daash. And with the steady increase in the number of clans that express their wish to fight terrorism in their region, the natural increase in the number of instructors, I expect the number ranges between 9 and 15 000 during this year. "
O'Hanlon said "so far arguably daash lost momentum and that it was forced to freeze plans to expand geographically. However, this does not mean that they are defeated. That defeat required years will be realized by us forces but they would by Iraqi forces and the Iraqi people. This means that part of our mission is to help those who want to confront daash not waging war on their behalf. "
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