US to send 350 more troops to Baghdad
 

Washington, Sep 3 (IANS/EFE) The US will send 350 more troops to Iraq to protect its facilities and personnel in Baghdad but they will **t engage in combat, the White House has an**unced. "The request approved today (by President Barack Obama) will allow some previously deployed military personnel to depart Iraq, while at the same time providing a more robust, sustainable security force for our personnel and facilities in Baghdad," the White House said in a statement late Tuesday. The new deployment brings the number of US military personnel in Iraq to more than a thousand, a presence reinforced since the current crisis with the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation broke out a month ago. "This builds upon previous embassy security deployments an**unced June 15 and June 30 and will bring the total forces responsible for augmenting diplomatic security in Iraq up to approximately 820," said the US Department of Defense in a statement.

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