US Special Forces arrive in Baghdad,Iraq

 

US Special Forces arrive in Baghdad as Iraqi army prepares for fight to repel ISIS after militants captured ALL country's western border crossings and sit just 44 miles from capital

U.S. forces pledged by President Obama to Iraq have arrived in Baghdad

They will be advising Iraqi troops on how to combat the ISIS insurgency

ISIS militants have taken control of country's borders with Syria and Jordan

Fighting has come as close to Baghdad as Fallujah, just 44 miles to the west

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry insists deployment is 'not intervention'

Nearly half the 300 U.S. military advisers and special operations forces expected to go to Iraq are now in Baghdad to help Iraqi forces combat Sunni militants, the Defense Department has said.
The arrival of U.S. forces was announced as combatants with the ISIS took control of all border crossings with Syria and Jordan.
ISIS insurgents have gained control throughout most of northern Iraq, but Iraqi military spokesman Major General Qassim Atta says all towns on the road between Samarra and Baghdad are still under its control.
However, ISIS militants are fighting in towns as close as Fallujah, less than an hour away to the west