Pentagon Sending More Troops to Iraq
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US Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers return fire during a gun battle with insurgents in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.
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The Pentagon yesterday delayed for six weeks the return home of about 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq's volatile Anbar province -- the second extension of U.S. forces in the country  in two months -- as the insurgency and rising sectarian violence exert heavier demands on a stretched American ground...
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  - El Salvador sent a  new contingent of troops to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq  on Thursday despite repeated threats from Islamic militants  that they would strike against the country in retaliation.
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The United States is likely to move more than 1,000 troops into Baghdad from elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.
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US President George W Bush is likely to send more troops to Iraq next year, an administration official says.
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A high-level US congressional delegation visiting Iraq called Thursday for between 15,000 and 30,000 more US troops to be sent to bring stability to the war-torn country.
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US Army orders more IED detecting robots and gear to upgrade others.
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The Ministry of Defence announces that an extra 220 British troops are to be sent to Iraq.
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The Republic of Georgia said Thursday it is raising the number of its soldiers serving with the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq to more than 2,000 from the current 850.
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The United States will probably have more troops in Iraq this summer than it did before pouring in forces last year -- even after a planned drawdown, a U.S. general said on Friday.
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The U.S. military will temporarily  boost its troop strength in Iraq to about 150,000 from a  current level of 138,000 to provide extra security for  elections set for Jan. 30, defense officials said on Wednesday.
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The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay, March 10 -- President Bush approved 8,200 more U.S. troops for Iraq and Afghanistan on top of reinforcements already ordered to those two countries, the White House said Saturday, a move that comes amid a fiery debate in Washington over the Iraq war.
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.
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A senior U.S. military commander said yesterday that Iraq's army must expand its rolls by at least 20,000 more soldiers than Washington had  anticipated, to help free U.S. troops from conducting daily patrols, checkpoints and other critical yet dangerous missions.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Britain is prepared to  send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections  planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on  Friday.
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The U.S. military will boost its troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.