World US to send 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East in the wake of Qasem Soleimani killing January 3, 2020 Nicholas Wu and Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY Comments Off on US to send 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East in the wake of Qasem Soleimani killing The soldiers will come from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.