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| Tango01 | 22 Sep 2016 3:50 p.m. PST |
… The Battle For Mosul. "The Pentagon is seeking to send another 500 U.S. troops to Iraq, in addition to the 400 that arrived over the Labor Day weekend, two military officials tell Fox News -- a development that comes amid a new wave of attacks. The Pentagon in July first received approval to raise the troop number in Iraq to 4,647, from a previous authorization of 3,870 in January. If President Obama signs off on the military's plan for more troops, the number would rise above 5,000. There are other U.S. troops inside Iraq that the Pentagon claims are on "temporary" assignments, though some of these deployments last up to one year in country…"
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| Mako11 | 22 Sep 2016 4:12 p.m. PST |
I hope they take their gas masks and chem. suits, given the recent mustard-gas rocket attack by ISIS on one of their bases. |
| Waco Joe | 22 Sep 2016 4:59 p.m. PST |
I understand they will be wearing Crocs in lieu of boots…
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| Tango01 | 23 Sep 2016 10:58 a.m. PST |
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| Mako11 | 23 Sep 2016 10:35 p.m. PST |
Orange ones I hope, to serve as IFF identifiers……. ;-) |
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bases up the rifle teams.
