Pentagon»: the leadership of coalition operations in Iraq will remain in Florida and Kuwait-based un

Pentagon»: the leadership of coalition operations in Iraq will remain in Florida and Kuwait-based unit


 «Marines» in the Middle East 

Task force to intervene to carry out non-combat 


Sources in the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon), yesterday, not the intention transfer the leadership of the international coalition, which oversees military operations against al «Islamic state» (Daash) to Kuwait, said that the leadership of this alliance remain in the headquarters of the Central Command, in the compound of the army command American in the city of Tampa in Florida South. Sources said the force of «Marines» for rapid intervention in the area of operations of the Central Command will hold a command center in Kuwait, a move that was approved last June, and this force may be involved in support operations such as evacuation sites American may exposed to attacks in Iraq, or conduct rescue operations pilots may have Mqatlathm «landing behind enemy lines» in Iraq or in Syria. Sources said «opinion» that he will be deployed a force of 2,100 marines in Kuwait, but «the work of these include the tasks throughout the region is not linked to military operations in Iraq or Syria, in particular », pointing out that President Barack Obama has already confirmed that« no American troops on the ground in the war against Daash ». mention that in Iraq, currently about 1,500 military adviser Americans participate in development of military plans for war against «Daash», and these command center will remain in Florida. As well as the American fighters launched air strikes in Iraq and Syria, will continue to receive its orders from the United States. either role «Marines» new in Kuwait, is linked to a plan for «expeditionary» The American government has approved last year, following the attack on its consulate in Benghazi in September 11, 2012, and claimed the lives of four Americans, including the American ambassador in Libya, Christopher Stevens. were congressional hearings and dozens of reports that followed the attack Benghazi showed that the American administration, which followed developments in the attack during the incident, did not find American force ready to intervene and save the Americans from under attackers fire in Libya. Commenting military officials saying that most of what he can do is to send fighter jets from Italy to fly over Benghazi, but that did not serve as an effective response to the attack on the consulate. Since then, formed the Pentagon «air force - the floor of the Marines for Special Assignments «, its role to intervene in cases of this kind. Was published collections of such a force in American bases scattered around the world in coordination with regional leaders scattered in the American Army, such as «Central Command» and «European Command» The leadership of the African ». At last March, reached 300 from «Marines» to the base of Moron, southern Spain , up Adidhm there to 850 component and to be under the command of «Africa Command» to intervene in any emergency in Africa. In July, after the exposure the American Embassy in Tripoli to a mortar attack, a group of 80 soldiers from the «Air Force - the floor of the Marines for missions »Special deploy in the Libyan capital, where she worked on the evacuation of 150 employees at the embassy, ​​including Ambassador Deborah Jones, and presented to the convoy heavy security protection and their leaders to the border with Tunisia, where they were deported to Washington. and Kuwait will be the command center power «Marines» for the Middle East, and will be The mission of this force, according to Defense Ministry sources, «operations of non-combat evacuation», as happened in Libya, and processes to provide «humanitarian aid and support infrastructure», as well as «carry out the restoration of fighter jets or helicopters landed in areas hostile, and secure protection for fixed sites, and securing Support for the theaters of operations ».

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