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Pentagon Dispatching 600 More Troops to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Offensive

© AFP 2023 / MOHAMMED SAWAFIraqi Army Scorpions Forces personnel (C) are trained in hand-to-hand combat by US military personnel in Hilla, 120 kms south of Baghdad
Iraqi Army Scorpions Forces personnel (C) are trained in hand-to-hand combat by US military personnel in Hilla, 120 kms south of Baghdad - Sputnik International
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The Pentagon is sending 600 servicemen to provide logistics support for Iraqi forces ahead of an operation to liberate Mosul from Daesh.

Kurdish Peshmerga soldier aim their weapons during a military training session held by Dutch army trainers at a shooting range, at Bnaslawa Military Base in Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Department of Defense is deploying 600 more US troops to Iraq in advance of the operation to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh.

The US military personnel will provide logistics support for Iraqi forces, NBC News cited Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook as saying.

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