U.S. Considering Sending More Military Trainers to Iraq for Ramadi Battle

The Obama administration is considering sending hundreds more U.S. military trainers to help Iraq’s military as it tries to take back the city of Ramadi from the terror group ISIS, a senior administration official confirmed to NBC News.

 

The proposed plan that a U.S. official told NBC News involves sending “fewer than 500” more military advisers to Iraq was first reported by the New York Times and The Washington Post Tuesday. A final decision has not been announced.

 

The new strategy comes after Iraqi forces suffered a string of embarrassing defeats to ISIS, including the loss of Anbar province’s capital of Ramadi on May 17.

 

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