Michael Fallon: Hundreds of British troops will go to Iraq

Michael Fallon: Hundreds of British troops will go to Iraq - Telegraph

A small “force protection” deployment of combat-ready soldiers is also expected to be sent to defend the military training teams, who will be based at four centres inside Iraq, Mr Fallon said.
The new mission represents the first significant deployment of ground force since the last British troops withdrew from Iraq three years ago.
The details are still to be finalised but Mr Fallon told The Telegraph that the number of troops involved would be in “the very low hundreds”. At present, there are 50 British troops inside Iraq training local forces.