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US Special Forces Sent to Train Iraqi Special Forces in Jordan

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03.08.2014 at 02:19am

US Special Forces Sent to Train Iraqi Special Forces in Jordan – Reuters

The United States recently sent a small number of Special Forces soldiers to Jordan to train with counterparts from Iraq and Jordan, a new step in the Obama administration's effort to help Baghdad stamp out a resurgent al Qaeda threat, a US defense official said on Friday.

The US contingent was dispatched to take part in a training exchange with counterterrorism forces from Iraq and Jordan, allowing the administration to provide a modest new measure of support to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki…

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Outlaw 09

Curious as to what happen to the Iraqi SF that was trained by the US SF up to 2010?

Did AQI/ISIL kill them all?—the last time we trained special operations forces in Iraq Maliki used them to ensure his ability to control Iraq through their operations against the Sunni not AQI/ISIL.