U.S. plans to send more GIs to Iraq

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International Herald Tribune

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/29/news/troops.php?page=1


"WASHINGTON: As President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki flew to Amman for talks aimed at finding ways to quell rising violence in Iraq, the United States on Wednesday announced a concrete step that seemed designed to underscore its unwavering commitment: the deployment of four additional combat battalions to Baghdad...

...Meanwhile, Pentagon officials are planning to boost the U.S. troop level in Iraq by sending another 3,500 soldiers to Baghdad to help restore security there, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.

The increase has not been formally approved by the Bush administration, but the decision could be made in the coming weeks and the first of the additional troops may begin arriving in Iraq early next year.

The additional forces are likely to come from four reserve combat engineer battalions in the United States, though planners have not notified the units that would be sent, the officials said. Sending more engineers to Baghdad would allow the building of more checkpoints, trenches and other measures aimed at limiting the movements of insurgents and sectarian militias."

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1. We MUST stop this

Call Bush before hearings if he wants more troops. By HIMSELF. Tell us why it is necessary and tell us how these additional forces will enable our troops to succeed when they have failed thus far.

Tell us and get our approval or bring them home NOW. ALL of them.

[Doctor_J]

2. This might help get the last few "No impeachment" Dems on board

Sooner or later they're going to get tired of getting slapped by this miserable loser.