3,500 members of the 82 brigade’s quick reaction brigade will be deployed within a few days.
The group will join approximately 700 US troops who have already been deployed to Kuwait this week, US Department of Defense Colonel Mike Burns reports.
In the US, they are worried about Iran’s likely response to an airstrike that killed Suleymani, the Associated Press writes, first published information about the transfer of the military. At the same time, the buildup of forces, according to officials, is not a direct response to the death of Suleymani, but occurs as part of a plan previously announced by the agency to strengthen the protection of the US embassy in Baghdad.