PressTV - 13,000 US troops to be deployed to Iraq: Officials
The deployment comes as US President Barack Obama said earlier this
month that he would not pursue another ground war in Iraq after US
troops’ pullout from the country in 2011. “As your commander in chief, I
will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting
another ground war in Iraq,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US
Central Command headquarters in Florida on September 17.
Iraqi officials say that the
United States is due to send 13,000 soldiers to Iraq, despite its claims
of complete military withdrawal from the country.
