Posted By 
Garth Kant On 11/07/2014
Article republished from WND: http://www.wnd.com
URL to article: http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/obama-doubles-down-on-u-s-troops-in-iraq/
Peshmerga fighters to get U.S. help
The additional U.S. troops also will perform non-combat roles, primarily to advise and train Iraqi and Kurdish troops and to help build “capacity and capability.”
According to a White House statement, the U.S. military will establish several sites to train nine Iraqi army brigades and three brigades of Peshmerga, the Kurdish fighting force. The news should be especially welcome to the Peshmerga, according to what Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, told WND Friday. The congressman just returned from Iraq where he was escorted by the Peshmerga to within a few miles of the front lines with ISIS, the Muslim terrorist army the U.S. has been targeting with airstrikes. Stockman said from what he saw, the Peshmerga were eager to fight but appeared severely untrained and under-equipped.
The congressman told WND, “They don’t even have enough equipment and ammunition to practice shooting.”
In contrast, he was told ISIS had now captured 6,000 pieces of military equipment from Iraq, pieces that originally came from the U.S. military. Kurdish fighters would be willing to fight ISIS forces in both Iraq and Syria, but Stockman was told neighboring Turkey had, so far, only allowed some 50 Peshmerga fighters to enter Syria.
The White House announced the U.S. military will establish two operations centers, one outside the Kurdish capital of Erbil and another outside the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The centers will be supported by what the administration called “an appropriate array of force protection capabilities.”
The Iraqi army has appeared in desperate need of training ever since its ranks were overrun in June by ISIS forces, which captured large swaths of the country and marched within miles of Baghdad.
The White House plans to ask Congress to provide $5.6 billion for efforts in Syria and Iraq, including $1.6 billion for the new “Iraq Train and Equip” fund.
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