The first US
troops deployed to assist the Iraqi army in combating a growing Sunni militant
insurgency have arrived and begun work, the Pentagon has said.
Nearly half the 300 special operations soldiers promised by US
President Barack Obama are in Baghdad or on the front lines of the fight.
The rest are expected within days.
Also, US Secretary of State John Kerry called for regional unity
to expel the Sunni Isis rebels who have taken large swathes of Iraq.
On Tuesday, two teams totalling 40 US troops began work assessing Iraqi troops on the front line, the Pentagon said.
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