U.S. troops are supporting Iraqi efforts to capture the last big ISIS stronghold

Several hundred American troops have arrived at the Qayyarah air base near Mosul, Iraq, to assist Iraqi forces working to capture the last major Iraqi city held by the Islamic State. The U.S.-Iraqi attack will begin as early as October; at present, the coalition forces are planning their approach, which will involve first seizing smaller towns near the city's outskirts. The Department of Defense "has made clear that our forces in Iraq are in harm's way," said the Pentagon's press secretary, Pete...