Iraq Crisis: US Sends 130 More Military Advisers

The US has sent 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to assess the scope of the humanitarian mission.

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said: "I recommended to the President and the President has authorised me to go ahead and send about 130 new assessment team members up to northern Iraq in the Irbil area to take a closer look and give more in-depth assessment of where we can continue to help."

The soldiers have been sent to northern Iraq to "develop additional humanitarian assistance options beyond the current airdrop effort in support of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant".

Since June the US has sent about 700 military personnel to Iraq to protect diplomats there and take stock of the country's military capacity.

Western powers and international aid agencies are considering further help for the thousands of refugees driven from their homes by the Sunni militants of the Islamic State near the Syrian border.

Secretary of State John Kerry said the US would consider requests for military and other assistance once Iraq's new prime minister-designate forms a government to unite the country.

Haider al Abadi has received support from the US and Iran as well as Sunni neighbours Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

However his Shi'ite party colleague Nuri al-Maliki has refused to step aside after eight years as premier.

Meanwhile, a suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near Mr al Abadi's Baghdad home on Tuesday. There have been no reports of casualties.

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