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U.S.-Led Coalition Boosts Mosul Military Advisors to 450
[AnNahar] The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it has doubled to about 450 the number of military advisors assisting Iraqi troops engaged in the fight to retake djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 from Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 fighters.
Are they fighting barefoot or in sneakers? Because President Obama solemnly promised there would be no American boots on the ground in Iraq or Syria.
"We have increased the number of advise and assist forces that are there with the ISF (Iraqi Security Forces) command elements to help advise them as they move forward and to synchronize operations," coalition front man Colonel John Dorrian said in a video conference from Baghdad.

Dorrian said the reinforcements were part of a series of measures taken to "accelerate the advance of the Iraqi security forces."

While military advisors are behind the frontlines, they have already entered the city several times, he added.

American military forces are carrying out air and artillery strikes against IS in Iraq as part of a U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group, and have provided training, advice and other assistance to Baghdad's forces.

There are about 5,000 American military personnel in Iraq, according to the coalition, and U.S. special forces personnel have also fought IS on the ground.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-05
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