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U.S. to send 475 more service members to Iraq

11 September 2014 10:33 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rufat Ahmadzada – APA. The U.S. will send 475 additional service members to Iraq, APA reports quoting the official website of Pentagon.

“Over the next week or so, approximately 475 additional service members will be deployed to Iraq to conduct the following missions: advise and assist the Iraqi security forces, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights and coordinate the activities of the U.S. military across Iraq,” Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.

1,600 U.S. personnel will be in the country not including service members serving in the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, Kirby added.

About 150 will supplement those already in Iraq conducting assessments of Iraqi security forces. These forces primarily operate from the joint Operation Centers in Baghdad and Irbil.