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Mission Creep: More Marines Head to Baghdad

by SOFREP News Team

Twenty-five additional heavily armed U.S. Marines arrived at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad within the last several hours, a U.S. official tells CNN.

The Marines were requested by the State Department, which is in charge of security.
Concerns have risen since demonstrations occurred there last week in Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” where the embassy is located.
More demonstrations had been expected Friday but the U.S. official said the area has remained peaceful so far.
Neither the Pentagon or State Department disclosed the precise number of security forces already on site.
Read More: CNN
Featured Image – A U.S. Marine Corps Hercules aircraft taxis along a runway at sunset in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft provides support to U.S. and coalition forces of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. U.S. Marine Corps

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Twenty-five additional heavily armed U.S. Marines arrived at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad within the last several hours, a U.S. official tells CNN.

The Marines were requested by the State Department, which is in charge of security.
Concerns have risen since demonstrations occurred there last week in Baghdad’s “Green Zone,” where the embassy is located.
More demonstrations had been expected Friday but the U.S. official said the area has remained peaceful so far.
Neither the Pentagon or State Department disclosed the precise number of security forces already on site.
Read More: CNN
Featured Image – A U.S. Marine Corps Hercules aircraft taxis along a runway at sunset in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft provides support to U.S. and coalition forces of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. U.S. Marine Corps
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The SOFREP News Team is a collective of professional military journalists. Brandon Tyler Webb is the SOFREP News Team's Editor-in-Chief. Guy D. McCardle is the SOFREP News Team's Managing Editor. Brandon and Guy both manage the SOFREP News Team.

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