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WASHINGTON - As a prelude to a U.S. advisory mission in western Iraq, about
50 U.S. troops are visiting the Al Asad Air Base in Anbar province, Pentagon
officials said Monday, to survey it as a potential base for a mission to
support Iraqi forces against Islamic State insurgents.
One of the largest U.S. air bases during the 2003 to 2011 war in Iraq, Al
Asad could again see use by American troops as one of two "train, advise,
assist sites" the Pentagon says will be built when 1,500 additional U.S.
advisers deploy to Iraq in coming months. The deployment authorized by
President Barack Obama will roughly double the number of U.S. troops
deployed in noncombat roles in Iraq.
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