US sending 4,000 troops to Middle East after Baghdad embassy siege – reports
US sending 4,000 troops to Middle East after Baghdad embassy siege – reports
Some 500 paratroopers from the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are already on their way to Kuwait, and 3,500 more are set to follow, after the US embassy in Baghdad was stormed and nearly taken by angry Iraqi militiamen.
The 82nd’s alert brigade has been ordered to deploy on Tuesday evening, Fox News reported citing multiple Pentagon officials.
The initial force has already departed Fort Bragg, North Carolina on board C-17 transports. Alert sequence for the Deployment Ready Brigade (DRB) calls for the full deployment within 96 hours.
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