I don’t know if this is true, as PressTV is government-controlled Iranian television, but if it is, the troops are apparently there so as to be in position to aid the Syrian jihadists whom Obama has endorsed.
“3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via Kuwait,” from PressTV, December 9 (thanks to Kenneth):
Over 3,000 US troops have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait for missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq, Press TV reports.
According to our correspondent, the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in multiple stages and are mostly stationed at Balad military garrison in Salahuddin province and al-Asad air base in al-Anbar province….