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US keeps over 6,000 security, backup forces in Iraq: Sources
[Iran Press TV] The United States is keeping more than 6,000 security and back-up forces in Iraq. Sources say these forces are former military members who have remained in the country after changing their official job title.The US military presence in Iraq comes as the administration of President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... has recently ordered the urgent deployment of several hundred troops to the troubled country. Washington is said to be after military operations in the Arab country under the pretext of fighting terrorism there. This is while a recent poll by a US firm shows that 74 percent of Americans oppose sending US forces to Iraq. The United States and its allies invaded Iraq in 2003. A couple of years before that, they also invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of fighting terrorism. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... over a decade after these invasions, the two war-torn countries are still grappling with rampant militancy and a high humanitarian cost. The USA is also pressing ahead with its drone strikes in the region that has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistain and Yemen. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-20 |
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