American soldiers in Baghdad are equipped with Apache helicopters and reconnaiss

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Pentagon officials said that the American soldiers, numbering about 500 troops who were sent to Baghdad to boost the security of the U.S. embassy there equipped Apache helicopters and reconnaissance planes, a small unarmed.



And President Barack Obama ordered Monday to send 200 additional troops to the Iraqi capital to ensure the security of U.S. diplomats and other Americans working in the city center of the challenge facing Iraqi forces from Sunni extremists. 
would include enhancements soldiers specializing in leadership and maintenance of Apache helicopters and combat aircraft reconnaissance is not armed, according to the reported Admiral John Kirby, press secretary for the Pentagon at a press conference. 
aircraft reconnaissance is a kind of Shadow smaller, according to a senior U.S. official requested anonymity. 
aircraft and Shadow used by American forces heavily in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past is the length of 4 meters and can fly at an altitude of 2400 meters. 
said Kirby told reporters that the additional troops "will help to provide more security for our facilities and our citizens and our property and allow also help in allowing the U.S. State Department and the Embassy to continue its work. confirmed that the doors of the embassy was still" open. " 
and the number of American soldiers who have been sent by the United States to Iraq to ensure security to about 475 soldiers., and in addition to that approved Obama to send about 300 military adviser to Iraq reached them 180 so far, and they began to study the situation of the Iraqi army, according to Kirby. 
did not reveal whether the step American was based on an assessment that Baghdad is under great threat . He added that the situation was "still very dangerous .. and the threat is very real." 
and continued, "but we saw the Iraqi forces in and around Baghdad and begin to strengthen itself and prepares for the defense, has begun to attack .. we have seen during the past two days near Tikrit," in reference to the counter-offensive launched by government forces on Islamist militants. 
to that declared the province of Babylon, on Wednesday, that the follow-up committee for the "relay acts of" drying lakes north of the province, and with the exception of the drying process as "not very difficult", he stressed that it "needs to effort geometric and military to clean the area of improvised explosive devices and mines. " 
said Chairman of the Board of Babil province, Raad Hamza al-Jubouri, in an interview with the (long-Presse), "The Follow-up Committee for the follow up work of drying lakes located in the area of Alexandria (60 km north of Babylon)," noting that "the decision of the provincial council judge drained lakes and open roads which came from in order to maintain security and prevent terrorists from exploiting as a springboard for their terrorism." 
added Jubouri that "the drying process is not very difficult," adding, "but they need to effortlessly engineered by the military to clean the area of IEDs and mines so that we can enter the machinery and equipment that was provided from conservative circles in order to establish ways to cut water on those lakes. " 
was the province of Babylon has committed, in the (June 23, 2014), the executive government and relevant departments decision "drying all lakes located between Musayyib and hand Alexandria, North Babylon, and open ways in which to maintain security and prevent terrorists from exploiting as a starting point for their operations, and confirmed that 78% of these lakes, "unauthorized", while praised Deputy for maintaining the resolution being a "help the security forces in the maintenance of the land and the elimination of terrorist financing. " 
and was a spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces team Qassim Atta announced, in (June 18, 2014), for cleansing Lakes region, North Babylon, a component of the organization (Daash), and stressed that the security forces tightened their control over the entire region, killing 42 elements of the organization, as pointed out that the area was considered a springboard for terrorist operations towards the provinces of Babil and Karbala. 
includes Lakes region, located between spend Almuseibb and hand Alexandria, more than 900 Lake licensed and non-licensed exploited by al-Qaeda for funding and starting its operations because of the difficulty of the region. 
noteworthy that the province Babylon, based in the city of Hilla, one of the most volatile provinces of central and local government recognize that the northern regions, adjacent to Baghdad and Anbar, constitute a haven for terrorist organizations, which will take them a springboard to launch attacks across the country.


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