Wall Street Journal: The number of US troops in Iraq could be up to 6,500 before the battle of Mosul



September 22, 2016 18:40


Wall Street Journal: The number of US troops in Iraq could be up to 6,500 before the battle of Mosul

Suggested the Wall Street Journal, the US increased the number of US troops in Iraq for up to 6,500 troops before the start of the battle to liberate Mosul from the control Daesh terrorist.

She told the Wall Street Journal , the US said in a report that " the US chief of staff Dunford request during a meeting of the armed forces in Congress to send 500 additional troops to Iraq before the start of the battle of Mosul , " indicating that "this number will increase the number of troops in Iraq to about 6,500 troops among them soldiers temporary. "

" The number of these soldiers will be on the front lines of the battle with the terrorist organization in Mosul , " stressing that " the increase of US forces in Iraq size is part of the requirements of the war , according to Dunford."




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