Operations Command, the international coalition to support Iraq will remain in Florida and Kuwait-based Marines

Admin Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:13 am

Kuwait-Iraq Press -4 October / October: sources announced in the Department of Defense (Pentagon), on Saturday, not the intention transfer the leadership of the international coalition, which oversees military operations against al «Islamic state» to Kuwait, said that the leadership of this alliance remain in the headquarters of the Central Command in the leadership of the American military compound in the city of Tampa in Florida South.

It quoted Rai Kuwaiti sources as saying that "the strength of (the 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 be exposed to attacks in Iraq , or conduct rescue operations pilots may have Mqatlathm for landing behind enemy lines in Iraq or Syria. "

She added, "It will be deployed a force of 2,100 marines in Kuwait, but the work of these include missions throughout the region is not associated with military operations in Iraq or Syria, in particular," pointing out that "President Barack Obama has already confirmed that no forces American on the ground in the war against al Daash. "

According to official reports that the nearly 1,500 military adviser Americans are involved in the development of military plans for war against the group in Iraq and the command center of these will remain in Florida, as well as American fighters launched air strikes in Iraq and Syria, will continue to receive its orders from the United States.

The new role of the Marines in Kuwait is linked to a plan for rapid intervention, the American government had approved last year, following the attack on its consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, and claimed the lives of four Americans, including the American ambassador in Libya, Christopher Stevens.

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