Obama to Keep 3,000 Troops in Iraq After December

'Almost Purely' Training Mission, Officials Claim

Reports coming out of Fox News today have the Obama Administration poised to announce its post-December troop levels for Iraq and, in a move that will surprise virtually no one who was paying attention, that number is more than the “zero” mandated by the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).

Instead, the US will keep around 3,000 troops in Iraq, a major reduction from current levels and also much lower than the 27,000 troops the US generals currently in charge of the occupation sought. This is separate from any Defense Department contractors remaining in the country as well as the massive State Department “army” of 5,100 contractors planning to remain.

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