Influx of U.S. troops, weapons bolster Anbar fight
With larger military presence and influence, U.S. pressures Iraqi government to empower tribal forces and local police.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter (R) stands with Col. Otto Liller, commander of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (2nd R) and Iraqi Maj. Gen. Falah al Mohamedawi (L) at a training exercise at the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service Academy in Baghdad on July 23, 2015. (CAROLYN KASTER/Reuters)
American troops are making an increasing impact in the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group in Anbar province, four weeks after U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a new deployment of 1,800 troops to Iraq.
For Anbar’s formal security forces and aligned tribal militiamen, the American intelligence and firepower is reinforcing the victory over the IS group in the capital of Ramadi, which is now almost cleared of IS fighters.
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