The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 29, 2017 Pentagon Admits There Are Nearly 9,000 U.S. Troops in Iraq ---------------------------------------------------------- The Pentagon has admitted there are thousands more U.S. troops in Iraq than previously acknowledged. In its quarterly report, the Pentagon said there were nearly 9,000 U.S. troops in Iraq-more than 3,000 more troops than the military has officially acknowledged. .