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Obama to Send 1500 Troops to Assist Iraq - New York Times Sat, 08 Nov 2014 02:33:41 GMT

USA TODAY

Obama to Send 1500 Troops to Assist Iraq New York Times The trainers and advisers are to help Iraqis and Kurds as they plan a major offensive expected next spring against Islamic State fighters who have poured into Iraq from Syria. Pentagon officials said Friday that military advisers would establish ... Obama authorizes sending additional troops to IraqUSA TODAY Obama approves sending up to 1500 more US troops to IraqFox News Obama to send 1500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expandsReuters Washington Post -Aljazeera.com all 670 news articles »

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Obama Deploys Up to 1500 More Troops to Iraq - NBCNews.com Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:27:27 GMT

Obama Deploys Up to 1500 More Troops to Iraq NBCNews.com President Barack Obama on Friday authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq in an expansion of the American fight against ISIS militants, the Pentagon said. If all 1,500 are deployed, it would almost double the American presence in Iraq.

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US Will Send Up To 1500 More Military Personnel To Iraq - NPR (blog) Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:06:54 GMT

NPR (blog)

US Will Send Up To 1500 More Military Personnel To Iraq NPR (blog) President Obama will bolster the U.S. military force in Iraq with up to 1,500 more personnel, White House press secretary Josh Earnest says, to serve "in a non-combat role to train, advise, and assist Iraqi Security Forces, including Kurdish forces ...

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Obama Authorizes Up to 1500 More Troops to Deploy to Iraq - Wall Street Journal Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:46:56 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Obama Authorizes Up to 1500 More Troops to Deploy to Iraq Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq in noncombat roles and is asking Congress for $5.6 billion, as the U.S. looks to ramp up the fight against Islamic State militants. The U.S ...

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Obama doubles US troop levels in Iraq for war against Isis - The Guardian Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:15:52 GMT

The Guardian

Obama doubles US troop levels in Iraq for war against Isis The Guardian The additional troops appear designed to expand and deepen the US ability to support Iraqi forces across the breadth of Iraq. They will establish two new operations planning centers where US troops will advise Iraqi brigades, atop the two already in ...

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More Than 600 Reported Chemical Exposure in Iraq, Pentagon Acknowledges - New York Times Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:29:27 GMT

New York Times

More Than 600 Reported Chemical Exposure in Iraq, Pentagon Acknowledges New York Times More than 600 American service members since 2003 have reported to military medical staff members that they believe they were exposed to chemical warfare agents in Iraq, but the Pentagon failed to recognize the scope of the reported cases or offer ... U.S. Mishandling Of Iraq's Chemical Weapons Worse Than Previously ThoughtHuffington Post Pentagon finally admits over 600 Americans exposed to chemical weapons in IraqHot Air US troops claimed chemical weapons exposure in Iraq, report saysFox News Business Insider -TIME -Christian Science Monitor all 196 news articles »

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Obama authorizes 1500 more troops to Iraq - RT Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:02:00 GMT

RT	Obama authorizes 1500 more troops to Iraq RT President Barack Obama authorized the US military to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq on Friday. That would nearly double the American military presence in the country. He also requested $5.6 billion for the fight against the Islamic State. The ...

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Obama to send more troops to Iraq as campaign expands - Yahoo News Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:37:36 GMT

Obama to send more troops to Iraq as campaign expands Yahoo News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve $5.6 billion in added Pentagon and State Department spending to fight Islamic State extremists and retrain Iraq's military forces, according to a U.S. official. Bloomberg's ...

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Islamic State crisis: US to send 1500 more troops to Iraq - BBC News Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:20:11 GMT

BBC News

Islamic State crisis: US to send 1500 more troops to Iraq BBC News The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, the White House says. The Pentagon said the troops would train and assist Iraqi forces. President Barack Obama authorised the deployment ...

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Bush: One regret about Iraq - Politico Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:45:57 GMT

Politico

Bush: One regret about Iraq Politico George W. Bush has only one regret about invading Iraq: that it paved the way for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “I think it was the right decision [to go into Iraq],” Bush tells CBS News' Bob Schieffer in excerpts of an interview that will ... Bush's Regret: Iraq War Led to Rise of ISISNewsmax.com all 87 news articles »