(please disregard the facts of the story are all over the page, and no two support each other) ... thank you.
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U.S. troops possibly redeployed in Iraq: reports
BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi media has recently circulated unofficial reports about the possible redeployment of units of U.S. soldiers in Iraq over fears that the Syrian crisis could spill over into Iraq.
. . . the private Independent Press Agency (IPA) quoted "a well-informed source" as saying that "Dozens of giant U.S. airplanes C-130 Hercules had carried out successive flights to the once second largest U.S. military airbase al-Aasad in Iraq's western province of Anbar."
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/..._131998129.htm Originally Posted by I B Hankering
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At the request of the Iraqi government, according to General Caslen, a unit of Army Special Operations soldiers was recently deployed to Iraq to advise on counterterrorism and help with intelligence.
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However, Ali al-Mussawi, an advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, denied such reports, saying that such U.S. military deployment will need an approval by the parliament.
"These reports are completely untrue because Iraq has a parliamentary political system, in which such things can not occur without official legislative and governmental approvals," Mussawi said, adding that "Such things can not be done in secret without announcement.
can you refute the statement from the Prime Minister or not ?