Obama will send 1,500 troops to Iraq to support the peshmerga

Better fight against the Islamic state group is called what Barack Obama, the leaders of a party

Republican majority now in both chambers. US President should ask Congress to release emergency

$ 5.6 billion for this fight, and gave the green light to send 1,500 additional military advisers in Iraq.

"It is now because the Iraqis will have reached the necessary skills to combat EI, said Vice Admiral John Kirby, they are at the point where they need additional help and advice."

Of the nearly $ 6 billion, 1.6 will be used for training and equipping the Iraqi army.

These funds will be appropriated by

Outgoing Congress, and not the new, which will meet for the first time in January.