Pentagon now says 7,200 troops are in Iraq and Syria
By: Tara Copp   1 day ago
The Pentagon on Wednesday released its newly scrubbed tally of how many troops it has serving in Iraq. It’s a number that took months to generate and a figure that the military said represents a downward trend: 5,200.
For comparison, the former official U.S. number — a figure that failed to include whole categories of troops like those on temporary duty status and special forces — was 5,262.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2017/12/06/pentagon-now-says-7200-troops-are-in-iraq-and-syria/
