Politics > Politics-USA > Outgoing Rumsfeld gives America the finger: Sending 57k *MORE* cannon fodder to Iraq
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18 Nov 2006 03:01:32 PM |
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Outgoing Rumsfeld gives America the finger: Sending 57k *MORE* cannon fodder to Iraq |
U.S. Announces Troop Deployments to Iraq
Pentagon Announces That 57,000 U.S. Troops Have Been Told to Deploy to
Iraq in Early 2007
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon announced Friday that 57,000 U.S. troops,
including five combat brigades, have been told to deploy to Iraq early
next year a move that will maintain current force levels there.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed the deployment orders for
about 20,000 soldiers from active duty Army brigades based in North
Carolina, Georgia, Washington, Kansas and Italy. Another 10,000
reserves and 27,000 active duty troops are scheduled to go to Iraq in
smaller units.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman also said that 1,500 soldiers in the
South Carolina National Guard's 218th Brigade Combat Team have been
told they will deploy to Afghanistan early next year.
The deployments, which will serve as replacements for troops leaving
Iraq, will largely maintain the current force level of 141,000. The
moves were initially described by military officials last week, but the
specific units were announced Friday.
The units scheduled for deployment are the 3rd Infantry Division
headquarters from Fort Stewart in Georgia; the 4th Brigade, 1st
Infantry Division from Fort Riley in Kansas; the 4th Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division from Fort Lewis in Washington; the 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Infantry Division from Fort Benning in Georgia; the 1st Brigade, 82nd
Airborne Division from Fort Bragg in North Carolina; and the 173rd
Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy.
At least one of the five combats brigades the 4th brigade of the 1st
Infantry Division is currently at the National Training Center at Fort
Irwin, Calif., undergoing intensive final training for their deployment
to Iraq.
Whitman said the deployments reflect a continuing commitment to
maintaining security in Iraq. In a written statement, the Pentagon said
the "U.S. force rotations will be tailored based upon changes in the
security situation. Iraqi security forces continue to develop
capability and assume responsibility for security in Iraq."
The announcement comes as some Democrats, who are poised to take
control of the House and Senate, continue to press for substantial
reduction of U.S. troops in Iraq, and a timetable for that drawdown.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2661835
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| User: "Jim Alder" |
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| Title: Re: Outgoing Rumsfeld gives America the finger: Sending 57k *MORE* cannon fodder to Iraq |
18 Nov 2006 05:31:14 PM |
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"George Washington Admirer" <GWAdmirer@timewarner.net> wrote:
Re: Outgoing Rumsfeld gives America the finger: Sending 57k
*MORE* cannon fodder to Iraq
The deployments, which will serve as replacements for troops
leaving Iraq, will largely maintain the current force level
of 141,000.
Exactly how much stupider do you leftwing idiots plan to get?
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