Rear. Adm. Andrew Lewis
The Pentagon will consider opening more small
military outposts that would provide artillery support and other aid to
Iraqi forces as they prepare to retake the northern city of Mosul from
ISIS militants, a senior military officer on the Joint Staff said
Wednesday.
Rear. Adm. Andrew Lewis, the vice director for
operations, said there may be situations where the U.S. would either
open a base or reopen one that was used in the earlier Iraq war. Those
outposts, he said, would be behind the front lines, and would be used
the way U.S. Marines are operating out of what has been known as Fire
Base Bell, outside Makhmour.
Last month fewer than 200 Marines set up the
outpost and provided targeting assistance and artillery fire for the
Iraqis. It was the first time such a base had been established by the
U.S. since it returned forces to Iraq in 2014.
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Source: NBC News
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