[no photos allowed] "US Forces on Frontlines in New Iraqi Kurdish Offensive" --

"The Pentagon would only describe it as an "advise and assist operation to help Kurdish Peshmerga forces." It is noteworthy that the troops warned reporters present not to take pictures, after similar pictures emerged of US troops embedded with Syrian Kurdish forces, sparking a row with Turkey...."

http://news.antiwar.com/2016/05/29/us-forces-on-front-lines-in-new-iraqi-kurdish-offensive/

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