US-trained Iraqi forces deploy near Ramadi

July 24, 2015 04:01

The first contingent of American-trained Iraqi army soldiers has been deployed in combat against Islamic State, joining a campaign to encircle and later retake the capital of the country's largest province, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.

Iraqi commanders have sent the newly trained and equipped 3,000-man force to the outskirts of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, said Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman. U.S. military officials said the units are among the best-trained and best-equipped army troops in Iraq and could begin a ground assault on Ramadi within the next two months, depending on conditions on the ground.

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