<span style="color: #222222;">United States is sending around 750 more troops to the Middle East immediately, with hundreds of troops deployed to Kuwait, following an attack by pro-Iranian demonstrators on the US Embassy in Baghdad, said the Pentagon yesterday.<br />'' <br />''Earlier, Defence Secretary Mark Esper said, in a statement that more troops from a rapid response unit of the 82nd Airborne Division were prepared to be deployed over the next few days.<br />'' <br />''At least 500 members of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division have left Fort Bragg in the US and up to 4,000 may ultimately be deployed.<br />''<br />''They would likely be sent to neighbouring Iraq.<br />''<br />''Mr Esper said, this deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against US personnel and facilities.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the attack on the US Embassy in Iraq was organized by terrorists Abu Mahdi al Muhandis and Qays al-Khazali – and abetted by Iranian proxies – Hadi al-Amari and Faleh al-Fayyad. He tweeted photos of all four men outside the embassy, which was stormed yesterday by pro-Iranian protesters enraged by US airstrikes against an Iranian backed militant group on Sunday.</span><br />