Obama authorizes 1,500 additional US troops for deployment to Iraq
Soldiers to serve "in a non-combat role, to expand our advise and assist mission and initiate a comprehensive training effort for Iraqi forces," the Pentagon announced on Friday.
Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad(photo credit: REUTERS)ByMICHAEL WILNER, REUTERS
