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Leaving Iraq - Will Bush really pull troops out?
President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed Friday to include a “general time horizon” for U.S. troop withdrawals as part of a pending bilateral security agreement (SOFA - Status of Forces Agreement), the White House said.
“Improving conditions should allow for the agreements now under negotiation to include a general time horizon for meeting [...]
AP: Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments
The Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who would be sent to Iraq beginning in the fall to replace troops scheduled to come home by year’s end.
The deployments would maintain a level of 15 brigades in Iraq, or roughly 140,000 troops - the number [...]
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