U.S. deploying 750 troops to Iraq following American Embassy attack

[applegrove]

U.S. deploying 750 troops to Iraq following American Embassy attack

https://www.axios.com/us-embassy-attack-750-troops-deployed-iraq-2ecf4632-2143-4531-bc1a-936cfd5e6553.html

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The United States is stepping up its response to the unrest in Iraq by immediately deploying 750 troops to the region, Defense Secretary Mark Esper saidTuesday.

Driving the news: The deployment comes after thousands of protesters and militia fighters attacked the U.S. Embassy in gates in Baghdad in fury at U.S. airstrikes in Iraq following a Hezbollah rocket barrage last Friday that killed a U.S. defense contractor in a military compound in northern Iraq.

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper

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Replying to @EsperDoD

Approximately 750 #Soldiers will deploy to the region immediately & additional forces from the IRF are prepared to deploy over the next several days. This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel...

Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper

✔@EsperDoD

...and facilities, such as we witnessed in Baghdad today. The United States will protect our people and interests anywhere they are found around the world.

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[applegrove]

1. Vibes to the embassy staff.

[abqtommy]

2. Looks like tRUMP is taking advantage of this to create a distraction from his deserved

impeachment. It might work on some people but not on me.

[applegrove]

3. Oh i think he is afraid of another Benghazi or losing Iraq to Iran.

[abqtommy]

4. I don't think tRUMP cares about that or embassy personnel either.

The man is seriously mentally ill. You may be right, too, since tRUMP is mostly an unknown, though predictable, quantity.