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Ex-CIA director predicts 5,000 US personnel on ground by December
[The Hill] Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden on Sunday said he predicts there could be nearly 5,000 U.S. personnel on the ground overseas by the end of the year to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).In terms of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, logistics, advice, command and control assistance, tactical air control parties, look Im betting were up close 5,000 by the end of the year, he said on Fox News Sunday. Not to detract from General Hayden's estimate or the legitimacy of the mission, but has anyone here noticed the lack of discussion by the regime on the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) issue in Iraq ? Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-16 |
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