Washington sent an extra 350 soldiers to Baghdad
Washington sent an extra 350 soldiers to Baghdad
03-09-2014 09:56 AM
Ordered President Barack Obama yesterday (Tuesday 2 September / September 2014) to send 350 additional troops to Baghdad to protect American diplomatic facilities and their staff, as announced by the White House.
The presidency said in a statement that the American ‘President authorized the Department of Defense to meet the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send about 350 additional American military to protect our facilities diplomacy and multi-course in Baghdad’.
The statement added, ‘We will also continue to support the Iraqi government in its efforts to combat al + Islamic state +, which poses a threat not only for Iraq but for the entire Middle East and the staff of the United States and its interests in this region.’
The statement emphasized that President Obama, who left Tuesday Washington heading to Estonia then Wales where he will participate in a summit of NATO ‘will consult this week with allies in NATO on further action to be taken against the organization (the Islamic State) and on the formation of a broad international coalition to implement a comprehensive strategy to protect our people and support our partners in the war against + the Islamic State + ‘.
For his part, said Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. John Kirby It sends these soldiers Al350 number will rise to Baghdad military personnel who have been sent since June 15 (June) to Iraq to enhance the security of the American diplomatic mission in the country to about 820 soldiers.
On the ground, the American aircraft launched new raids Tuesday on the organization ‘Islamic state’ near Mosul Dam strategic destroyed during 16 armored extremist organization, bringing to 124 the number of air strikes launched by the United States in Iraq since the beginning of August.
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