Obama adds 200 US troops for Iraq

Another 200 US troops will join the nearly 170 soldiers President Barack Obama ordered to Baghdad to defend the American embassy, in view of the rapidly security situation. A further 100 are kept in reserve outside Iraq in addition to the 300 Special Forces personnel sent to aid Iraqi security forces. The total number authorized by Obama in Iraq has soared to nearly 800.

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