Secretary of Defense Carter: 600 Troops to Deploy to Enable Iraqis to Retake Mosul From ISIL

by Press on September 29, 2016

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2016

By: Terri Moon Cronk

About 600 American troops will be deployed to Iraq to further enable local security forces as they prepare to retake the key Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today.

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, visits Task Force Strike, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Sept. 23, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Ryan E. Alvis