US to Send 200 More Troops Apache Helicopters to Iraq

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1r8U5uB
via IFTTT The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.