U.S. Soldiers Are Operating Inside Of Mosul



NBC: American Troops Have Operated Inside of Mosul, Coalition Confirms

American troops have been operating alongside Iraqi forces inside of ISIS-held Mosul, a coalition spokesperson acknowledged for the first time Wednesday.

"They have been in the city at different times," Col. John Dorrian said during a teleconference briefing Wednesday morning.

The American and coalition troops have been operating as advisers to the Iraqi troops, who are at the forefront of the fighting, and have stayed "behind the forward line of troops," Dorrian said.

In the past couple of weeks, the number of advisers has roughly doubled to about 450 troops operating with Iraqi command elements, Dorrian said, adding that the increase came in conjunction with the second phase of the battle for Mosul.

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