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The US is to deploy a specialised force to Iraq to build pressure on Islamic State militants, US defence secretary Ashton Carter has said.
"In full co-ordination with the government of Iraq, we're deploying a specialised expeditionary targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces," Mr Carter said.
He made the remarks to a congressional committee in Washington.
The force would also be able to conduct "unilateral operations" in Syria.
Islamic State conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria in the summer of 2014.
A US-led coalition of 65 countries is conducting a campaign of air strikes against the militants in both countries.
The US special forces soldiers would be able to carry out raids, free hostages and capture IS leaders, Mr Carter told the House Armed Services Committee.
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