[McGruff]

The official could not specify the exact number of personnel present, but indicated they were "small numbers below company level," so somewhere between 15 and 100 troops.

But we only had 25 to 50 there in total.

[Wuli]

“But we only had 25 to 50 there in total. “

Not true. We “pulled back” 25 to 50 of the forces we have there, which altogether is about 1,000 I think, not counting air force forces stationed in the region who have flown air support for our special forces working with the Kurds.