United States sending 200 troops to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces take on ISIS

The US would be sendig 200 special operation troops to help out the Iraqi and Kurdish forces battling ISIS with instructions to capture or kill senior leaders of the terror network in Iraq and Syria.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 2 December 2015.

These troops would be sent to Iraq within the next few weeks as a part of a "specialized expeditionary targeting force" as announced by Defense Secretary Ash Carter in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
The official has informed that the force's remit would include targeted assassinations of senior ISIS if their specific mission requires. A second U.S. official has added that capturing senior ISIS leaders would also be an important component of the new assault force’s mission. That would help them to learn more about the group's structure and any affiliates.
This intel gathering mission is believed to be just as important as compared to eliminating the bad ones and, the number of troops "could grow" beyond 200.
Such operations are not new to the US - the U.S. military had carried out similar operations in Iraq to take out senior Al Qaeda leadership like the mission which killed Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006.

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