US Doubles Number of Advisers in Iraq as Forces Push into Mosul
Military.com | Jan 04, 2017 | by Richard Sisk
U.S. advisers moving with Iraqi forces are now operating on the front lines in the house-to-house fighting against the Islamic State inside Mosul as the number of U.S. and coalition advisers involved in retaking the city has doubled to 450 in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.
"They have been in the city at different times" to advise and assist in what is now a three-pronged offensive focused on the eastern sector of Mosul, said Air Force Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.
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