3,000 more US troops headed to Middle East after Baghdad strike that killed Soleimani

Another 3,000

Another 3,000 US airborne troops will be deploying to Kuwait, to join the 750 already there, even as Washington warned Americans to leave Iraq after the airstrike that assassinated a top Iranian general.

The entire 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division is now headed to the US base in Kuwait, multiple outlets reported citing anonymous Pentagon officials on Friday. The deployment does not appear to be directly in response to the Thursday assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, however, but rather part of the build-up set in motion on Tuesday, following the siege of the US embassy in Baghdad. 

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