US Military Open to Adding Another Fire Base in Iraq

The U.S. military could open an additional fire base to support Iraqi security forces working to isolate the city of Mosul, according to a senior U.S. military official. "There may be a situation in which there is another base that is opened or reopened from years past that would be used...as a fire support base behind the front lines," Rear Admiral Andrew Lewis, the Vice Director for the Pentagon's Joint Staff Operations, told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday. Lewis...

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