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1,000 paratroopers from 82nd Airborne headed to Iraq this week
The Fayetteville Observer, via Stars & Stripes ^ | January 25, 2015 | Amanda Dolasinski

Posted on 01/27/2015 6:50:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler

The 82nd Airborne, and more specifically its 3rd Brigade Combat Team, are no strangers to Iraq.

Since 2003, parts of the brigade have deployed in support of U.S. efforts there on at least three occasions.

Now, more than three years after the U.S. military presence in Iraq was thought over, about a quarter of the Panther Brigade will return with a new mission to help train Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State.

About 1,000 paratroopers from the brigade will deploy this week as part of the Operation Inherent Resolve mission.

(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bootsontheground; iraq; usarmy
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Hey King Barry, will these soldiers be wearing their boots?
1 posted on 01/27/2015 6:50:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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I guess they won’t be “boots on the ground”, since they have parachutes.


2 posted on 01/27/2015 6:52:33 AM PST by NEMDF
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Looks like Obozo is realizing that what his detractors said about leaving Iraq too soon was true. Not that anyone in the WH will admit it.


3 posted on 01/27/2015 6:52:35 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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Nice work .. glad to see you informed the enemy we’re coming.

My God .. can we get any more stupid ..??


4 posted on 01/27/2015 6:53:07 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The hope and changey stuff did not work, even a smidgen.")
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Its kind of ironic that the Left, which campaigned for a hasty withdrawal from Iraq now has to admit Islamic terrorists threaten the entire Middle East.

And our airpower isn’t obviously going to be enough to turn the tide.


5 posted on 01/27/2015 6:53:07 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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No, they’ll never admit that they were wrong.


6 posted on 01/27/2015 6:55:53 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: NEMDF


7 posted on 01/27/2015 6:56:18 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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8 posted on 01/27/2015 6:59:52 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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We need to drop odumbo into Iraq, via parachute or otherwise.


9 posted on 01/27/2015 7:03:48 AM PST by DaveA37
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We need to drop odumbo into Iraq, via parachute or otherwise.


10 posted on 01/27/2015 7:03:48 AM PST by DaveA37
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Will be wearing SNEAKERS, to avoid any “boots on the ground”...


11 posted on 01/27/2015 7:07:11 AM PST by G Larry (Obama may not be "THE" Antichrist, but he is certainly America's Antichrist.)
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When that F35 thingie gets working guns in a few years, maybe it will.


12 posted on 01/27/2015 7:07:57 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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He will flap his ears.


13 posted on 01/27/2015 7:08:22 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is free and Obama is on the run.


14 posted on 01/27/2015 7:13:47 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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I hate this incremental increase stuff. All it does is aid the enemy.


15 posted on 01/27/2015 7:19:30 AM PST by Bayan
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There is going to be a Presidential press conference this afternoon and Obama is going to admit that he’s an idiot and that he’s been wrong on everything he’s thought or done and he’s going to apologize to our country and the world.


16 posted on 01/27/2015 7:25:12 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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PHONE OR EMAIL YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND OPPOSE THIS!

YEAH, I’M SHOUTING!


17 posted on 01/27/2015 7:36:08 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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We seem to be sneaking back into the Iraq War. It were better did we not ever quit in the first place.Maintaining what we had got were much easier than trying to glue the pieces back together.


18 posted on 01/27/2015 7:36:50 AM PST by arthurus (It's true!)
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What I have read and heard of the 35 suggests that major powers will be sorely tempted to challenge American mastery of the air once the 16s and 22s are retired in favor of the new Lego Fighter.


19 posted on 01/27/2015 7:39:15 AM PST by arthurus (It's true!)
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I’m calling it the “Summer of Death” for ISIS in Iraq.

I expect ISIS bleeding to continue up until the offensive in Mosul, and then to accelerate sharply.

All you wannabe jihadis hanging around Saudi-funded mosques in the West: Send your kids to die, you stupid fools.


20 posted on 01/27/2015 7:42:12 AM PST by BeauBo
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