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U.S. Ready to Train Iraqi Troops in Third Country
[An Nahar] The U.S. military is planning to train Iraqi troops in a third country to help counter a resurgence of Al-Qaeda-linked myrmidons, a defense official told AFP on Friday.Pending an agreement with Jordan or another nation to host the effort, the training was "likely" to go ahead as both Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... and Washington supported the idea, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Pentagon officials were not contemplating sending an American team of military trainers into Iraq, partly because it would require negotiating a legal agreement with Storied Baghdad that proved elusive in the past. Such a move also would spark a bitter political debate in Washington that would revive old wounds over the U.S.-led war in Iraq. "We're in discussions with the Iraqis on how we can improve the Iraqi security forces," Colonel Steven Warren, a Pentagon front man, told news hounds. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-18 |
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