President Barack Obama is sending up to 1,500 more soldiers to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight ISIS, in a deployment that would almost double the total number of American troops there to 2,900. The White House said in a statement that it will also ask Congress for another $5.6 billion to fund the fight against ISIS. The troops will not have a combat role, and will operate from bases outside Baghdad and Erbil. To date, Anbar province and Taji district have been considered as two likely locations for operations centers outside of Baghdad and Erbil. CNN reported last week that the military was preparing plans to deploy U.S. advisers to Anbar, much of which is under the control of ISIS.
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Obama will send up to 1,500 troops to Iraq
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The troops will be in non-combat roles and operate from bases outside Baghdad and Erbil
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The troops will help train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight ISIS
He said that the mission was possible because Iraqi forces, which were built with billions of dollars in @placeholder funding, and partially folded in the face of the ISIS advance, had "stiffened" their spines.