US Troops Deploy After Attack on US Embassy in Baghdad

U.S. troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, began to deploy to the Middle East, Wednesday, January 1, amid a rise in tensions between the U.S. and Iran, especially after Tuesday's attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-supported militiamen.
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READ MORE: Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced that “in response to recent events” in Iraq, and at President Donald Trump's direction, he authorized the immediate deployment of an infantry battalion of about 750 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.

A U.S. official familiar with the decision said the soldiers will go to Kuwait. The troops, who will deploy immediately, are in addition to 14,000 U.S. troops who have deployed to the Persian Gulf region since May in response to concerns about Iranian aggression, including its alleged sabotage of commercial shipping in the gulf.

Tuesday's breach of the embassy compound in Baghdad, which caused no known U.S. casualties or evacuations, revealed growing strains between Washington and Baghdad, raising questions about the future of the U.S. military mission there. The U.S. has about 5,200 troops in Iraq, mainly to train Iraqi forces and help them combat Islamic State extremists.

Iranian-backed paramilitary groups protesting U.S. airstrikes in Iraq withdrew from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Wednesday after a second day of protests, even as Tehran and Washington traded threats.

Earlier, U.S. security personnel had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of demonstrators after they hurled rocks at the building, and tried to set fire to its walls and security booths at the compound's main entrance. (VOA/AP)
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[calledwall]

I swear this was in modern warfare’s campaign

[cameronpottle]

Remember when people were like "Finally, our troops are out of Iraq."?

[danielfrazier]

My older brother was sent out with them, pray everybody makes it back safe.

[pameladesrosiers]

Prayers for all, but I'd love to drop our selected officials and elite bankers off and tell them to fight their own war!

[nevergiveup]

God bless you guy's.. I pray that everyone deployed comes home safe.

[DarKKnightt]

I hope this doesn't turn into a all out war. Sending my prayers to them all.

[williamelliott]

Being in the military and knowing that this is going to suck.
Waking up 10 years later and saying my hearing is not the same etc.

[overseer]

Here we go again. The ten year cycle restarts

[AwesomeAlex]

As an Iraq war veteran, I wish you all good luck

[zachmcclure]

My brother in the 82nd is getting deployed... Definitely nervous. I hope he doesn't die for some pointless cause like many of our men do these days

[calliph]

nearly 20 years we've been in that country that we never should have been in, in the first place. such a shameful thing.

[devinvez]

We all know that we were lied to about how the war started.

[VendErre]

they look like children on the bus to school, still dazed from waking early.

[adriancarballoza]

Old men who know each other create wars while young men fight without knowing why

[Mac-posr]

Didn't we win this war like 20 years ago. I remember this big party on a big ship with a big sign on it, that said mission accomplished.

[outlaw]

The day will have to come when a rich people can fight their own war.

[jimmykellum]

Lord keep them safe and put you hedge of protection around each troop.... thank you for your service

[cas]

i pray everyone makes it home safe. we shouldnt have to deal with this

[gmcer]

God Bless our Troops and bring them home safe. I pray to God to be with their family as their loved ones deploy overseas!

[StevenAllotey]

Shot out to Bush for starting a never ending war with Iraq smh