By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-20 00:32:35 | Updated at 2024-12-20 06:49:51
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Pentagon says it doubled the number of U.S. troops in Syria before Assad’s fall
The Washington Times ^ | Dec 19, 2024 | Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
Posted on 12/19/2024 4:20:21 PM PST by McGruff
The United States doubled the number of forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The U.S. has previously said 900 troops were in Syria, but Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, announced that 2,000 were there and had been for a while.
He told reporters that the increase in forces was temporary and they are there to augment the U.S. operations against the Islamic State group.
The Pentagon has been asked repeatedly in recent days and weeks about the U.S. presence in Syria and never disclosed the dramatic increase.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anotherbidenwar; bidenclaimscredit
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1 posted on 12/19/2024 4:20:21 PM PST by McGruff
To: McGruff
Obama has been wanting to put al Qaeda in charge of Syria since his first term.
To: McGruff
Of course they did. That’s why they staged the coup.
3 posted on 12/19/2024 4:27:15 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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