New US military convoy arrives in Ein Al-Assad base in Iraq from Jordan

An Iraqi security source disclosed that Washington continues sending military equipment from Jordan to Ein al-Assad base in Western Iraq, adding that 70 US-army military vehicles have arrived at the airbase recently.

The source told the Arabic-language al-Ma'aloumeh news website on Tuesday that the US transfers its needed equipment through security firms in Jordan to Iraq.

"A big military convoy of 70 military vehicles entered Ein al-Assad airbase," he added, saying that personnel-carriers were also among the vehicles and the convoy was escorted by the US fighter jets.

Al-Ma'aloumeh had also on Monday reported that the US army had dispatched new military equipment from Jordan to Ein al-Assad base.

A military convoy comprising weapons and state-of-the-art military hardware arrived in US-controlled Ein al-Assad Air Base in the city of Heet in al-Anbar province in Western Iraq from Jordan, a security source said.

The source also said that the US forces reinforced unprecedented security measures in all their positions in al-Anbar province concurrently with dispatching military equipment to their military base.

Relevant reports said in early April, over 10,000 US forces were stationed in two occupied bases in al-Anbar province in Western Iraq.

Al-Ma'aloumeh news website quoted the head of Badr Organization's office in al-Anbar province as saying that the number of US forces deployed in Ein al-Assad and al-Habaniyeh bases has increased to 10,000, adding that they have been supplied with the state-of-the-art weapons and military equipment.

The official noted that 90% of the US soldiers in Iraq are combat forces and are not considered as military advisors.

EA