About 130 military U.S. advisers are being dispatched to Iraq , officials say . The troops will be in the country for about a month and have been there since last week. `` This is not a combat boots on the ground operation , '' defense secretary says . Aid organizations and representatives of the Kurdistan regional government met some of the arrivals with sandwiches and bottles of water . Residents in Baghdad riot following car bomb explosion , police officials say .
About 130 military U.S. advisers are being dispatched to Iraq , officials say . The troops will be in the country for about a month and have been there since last week. `` This is not a combat boots on the ground operation , '' defense secretary says . Residents in Baghdad riot following car bomb explosion , police officials say .