Sunday, 20 September 2009

US Sending 1,000 More Troops to Iraq

If you thought US troops were withdrawing from Iraq, the following amy be of interest:

Though the Iraq War has long since become an after-thought amid Obama Administration claims that the “drawdown” in on track, the Pentagon is reporting today that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has approved a request to send about 1,000 additional troops to Iraq. The latest report comes less than a week after it was revealed that the Pentagon has added thousands of additional contractors to Iraq, ostensibly to replace US troops during the drawdown.

More at: http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/15/us-sending-1000-more-troops-to-iraq/

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