U.S. Military Advisers Have Started Advising Iraqi Forces In Anbar Province

(Washington Post)

U.S. Forces Already Advising Iraqi Forces In Anbar Province -- Reuters

(Reuters) - American forces have begun advising Iraqi troops in the western Anbar province, the top U.S. general told Reuters, in a faster-than-expected expansion of an operation that is central to its campaign against Islamic State.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said a small group of advisers had already established themselves in a preliminary fashion at Ain al-Asad air base in the province, much of which is controlled by the militant Islamist group.

They would also eventually start training the Iraqi army's seventh division, which suffered major setbacks during the Islamic State's advances across the country this summer.

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Update: Why it matters that U.S. troops are in Iraq’s troubled Anbar province — again -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

My Comment: It looks like U.S. involvement in Iraq's Anbar province is too late for some .... Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost (New York Time).