General: US plans to boost troops in Iraq
US military chief says Washington is planning to increase the number of its troops in Iraq in order to help the country in its battle against the ISIL Takfiri militants.
General Dunford told Pentagon reporters that recommendations on ways to increase US support for Iraq will be discussed with President Barack Obama soon. Meanwhile Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters that the US has been looking at a number of options that have not yet officially been submitted to the White House. Earlier this week, the US military confirmed the deployment of some 200 Marines in northern Iraq. Boosting US military presence in Iraq is a sensitive issue for Obama who has pledged not to deploy ground forces there. Many political figures and groups in Iraq, including a major Shia group, have voiced their opposition to presence of US forces.
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