Early this morning the US Pentagon announced that 750 soldiers from North Carolina would be sent to the US Embassy in Iraq in an attempt to quell a rising conflict involving an Iran-backed Shiite militia.
Today’s troops are being sent in addition to the 100 marines and 2 Apache helicopters that were sent over yesterday.
The Pentagon also ordered 4,000 additional paratroopers from several different divisions to be prepare for a possible deployment in the coming days.