米国防総省 捜し出すing Iraqi 許可 to （軍隊を）展開する，配備する ミサイル 弁護s
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs has asked Iraq for 許可 to put 愛国者 ミサイル systems at bases hosting U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s to 改善する 弁護s against attacks like the Jan. 8 Iranian ミサイル strike that 原因（となる）d brain 傷害s to more than 50 U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s, 米国防総省 公式の／役人s said Thursday.
"That is one of the 事柄s we have to work on and work through" with the Baghdad 政府, 弁護 長官 示す Esper told a 米国防総省 news 会議／協議会. He and Army Gen. 示す Milley, chairman of the 共同の 長，指導者s of Staff, made （疑いを）晴らす that they want 愛国者s in Iraq as part of an 成果／努力 to 改善する 保護 of U.S. 軍隊s there.
The 指揮官 責任がある U.S. 軍隊s in Iraq "feels he needs" the 愛国者 弁護s, Esper said, and "we support the 指揮官." He did not say what 推論する／理由s the Iraqi 政府 may have given for not 認可するing the U.S. request thus far.
The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs has about 5,000 軍隊／機動隊s in Iraq to train and advise Iraqi 安全 軍隊s in their fight against 極端論者 groups like the Islamic 明言する／公表する. The 関係 is 特に rocky in the 影響 of the American airstrike Jan. 3 that killed Qassem Suleimani, Iran's most powerful general, at Baghdad's international airport. The Iraqi 政府 has 示すd it could 追放する all foreign 軍隊s, although it has not yet taken 活動／戦闘 against the U.S. presence.
There were no 愛国者s or other 空気／公表する 弁護s in Iraq 有能な of 狙撃 負かす／撃墜する 弾道学の ミサイルs at the time of the Iranian strike that 攻撃する，衝突する Ain al-Asad 空気／公表する base in western Iraq. Milley said the ミサイルs were 武装した with 1,000-続けざまに猛撃する and 2,000-続けざまに猛撃する high-爆発性の 弾頭s. He said it was fortunate that the attack 原因（となる）d no American loss of life or 四肢.
Milley said that in 新規加入 to 安全な・保証するing Iraqi 政府 許可, the U.S. 軍の needs to work through mechanical and logistical 問題／発行するs to move a 愛国者 大隊 to Iraq. There was not already one there because U.S. 指揮官s 裁判官d that Iraq was a いっそう少なく-li kely 的 for an Iranian 弾道学の ミサイル attack than other Persian 湾 countries.
FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019 とじ込み／提出する photo taken from a ヘリコプター shows Ain al-Asad 空気／公表する base in the western Anbar 砂漠, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, とじ込み／提出する)
Asked whether the Iranian ミサイルs could have been 発射 負かす／撃墜する before reaching their 的 if 愛国者s had been （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd at Ain al-Asad, Milley said, "That's what they're designed to do. Can't say for 確かな , 明白に" that they would have 後継するd.
