92,000 US troops told to prepare for Iraq rotation - Yahoo! News
92,000 US troops told to prepare for Iraq rotation - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Pentagon on Monday notified 92,000 fresh U.S. troops to prepare for rotation to
Iraq over a two-year period beginning in mid-2006, but cautioned that the number did not signal immediate plans to slash a much-higher U.S. troop level now in that country.
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There are currently about 160,000 American troops in Iraq. That total, boosted to help security for elections in October and December, is above the usual 'baseline' level of about 138,000 U.S. troops stationed there.
President George W. Bush, whose plunge in popularity at home has been partly because of growing U.S. casualties in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, is under heavy pressure to make cuts in American forces there."
Pentagon on Monday notified 92,000 fresh U.S. troops to prepare for rotation to
Iraq over a two-year period beginning in mid-2006, but cautioned that the number did not signal immediate plans to slash a much-higher U.S. troop level now in that country.
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There are currently about 160,000 American troops in Iraq. That total, boosted to help security for elections in October and December, is above the usual 'baseline' level of about 138,000 U.S. troops stationed there.
President George W. Bush, whose plunge in popularity at home has been partly because of growing U.S. casualties in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion, is under heavy pressure to make cuts in American forces there."
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