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The u.s. relaunched military operations in iraq, the pentagon says there are still yazidis trap on mt. sinjar. a new amnesty international report describes the treatment of girls under isis, quote, torture including rape and other forms of sexual violence suffered by women and girls from iraq s yazidi minority who were abducted by the armed group calling itself the islamic state highlights the savagery of i.s. rule. the troops deployed in january will not be engaging in combat. families preparing to send their loved ones back to iraq making for a poignant holiday season. thank you. fox news contributor and iraq and afghanistan war veteran. concerned veterans for america. pete, great to see you. thanks for having me, shannon. what does this mean for those families? as jennifer pointed out we heard months ago from the president ....
U.s. troops in iraq. the new deployment will nearly double that number. the u.s. strategy currently relies on air strikes like this one from december 18th which targeted a vehicle-borne ied near mount sinjar. there s a weak hand that we re playing in syria and iraq and they need more forces to assist those indigenous forces. we re going at that very incrementally. so that s a pattern that they ve seen before that s very disturbing to them. in fact, five months after the u.s. relaunched military operations in iraq, the pentagon says there are still yazidis trap on mt. sinjar. a new amnesty international report describes the treatment of girls under isis, quote, torture including rape and other forms of sexual violence suffered by women and girls from iraq s yazidi minority who were abducted by the armed group calling itself the islamic state highlights the savagery of i.s. ....
Carolina. their mission will be train, advice and assist iraqi security forces, this deployment is part of the additional 1,500 troops that the president authorized in november. reporter: there are currently 1,860 troops in iraq. the new deployment will nearly double that number and u.s. involvement will not end any time soon according to the u.s. general overseeing the mission. i think you re at least talking three years. reporter: the current strategy reelys on air strikes like this one that targeted an ied never mt. sin jar. they need more forces to assist those indigenous forces and we re going at that very incrementally. that s a pattern they have seen before that s very disturbing to them. in fact five months after the u.s. relaunched military operations in iraq, the pentagon says there are still yazidis p trapped on mt. sinjar. ....