Obama authorizes 1,500 more US troops for Iraq
 

an military advisory teams will **w go to Iraq?s western Anbar province where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground and slaying men, women and children. The teams are part of President Barack Obama?s new directive to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq by deploying a**ther 1,500 U.S. troops to serve as advisers, trainers and security personnel. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" />WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama authorized a broad expansion on Friday of the U.S. military mission in Iraq that will boost the total number of American troops there to about 3,100 and spread advisory teams and trainers to the **rth and west where fighting with Islamic State militants has been fierce.




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