IPFS News Link • Iraq
Election Over: Obama doubles US troop levels in Iraq
• Yahoo! News blogIn a dramatic post-election surge, President Barack Obama is doubling the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to 3,000 and asking Congress for $5.6 billion for the war against the so-called Islamic State, officials said Friday. Obama aides denied that the timing was political or that the escalation amounted to "mission creep."...