LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will send hundreds of troops to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told The Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, in a bid to step up the battle against Islamic State fighters. U.S President Barack Obama has already authorized the deployment of over 3,000 troops to the country and the top U.S commander guiding the coalition effort said earlier this week that allies would send about 1,500 additional troops. Fallon said troops in the ?very low hundreds? would be sent next month. He said that following air strikes by U.S. ...
12-14-2014, 06:32 AM
UK to send hundreds of troops to Iraq: newspaper
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