U.S. general warns against abandoning Iraq strategy
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A senior U.S. military commander warned on Friday against cutting the number of troops in Iraq, saying the Iraqi security force cannot fight on its own and a U.S. reduction would cede progress to the insurgents.
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The defense secretary also cautioned that any final decision hinged on the progress of Iraq's new government.
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The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the next three to four months will be crucial in determining whether the United States can start to withdraw troops from Iraq without sacrificing security gains since the troop buildup began early this year.
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The US envoy to Iraq warns against an over-hasty pullout of troops amid policy pledges by Democratic hopefuls.
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US President George W Bush warns the coming months in Iraq will be critical to the success of US strategy.
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WASHINGTON -- As President Bush weighs new strategies for Iraq, the Army's top general warned yesterday that his force "will break" without thousands more active duty troops and greater use of the reserves.
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The new U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilize the country or it would be doomed to more sectarian violence.
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In a report considered crucial to U.S. strategy in the highly unpopular war in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there is expected to tell Congress on Monday that U.S. troop levels should not be cut deeply.
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The top US commander in Iraq warned Iran and others in comments published on Monday to think twice before trying to take advantage of the US military at a time when it is fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The top U.S. general in Iraq on Monday recommended cutting U.S. troops by about 30,000 by next summer, ending the U.S. "surge" of forces as expected but not fundamentally changing strategy in the unpopular war.
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The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said on Monday that U.S. troop levels in the country would decline further after a drawdown next summer but it was too soon to say how quickly.
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The U.S. military commander in one of the more troubled areas of Iraq said Friday that that the call to begin troop withdrawals before the end of the year would be "a giant step backward."
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The new U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Saturday the country was doomed to continuing sectarian strife if a U.S.-Iraqi offensive under way in Baghdad failed to curb the violence.
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Iraq's military is drawing up plans to cope with any quick U.S. military pullout as a senior American official warned that the Bush administration may reconsider its support if Iraqi leaders don't make major reforms by fall
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.
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If the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq is reversed before the summer of 2008, the military will risk giving up the security gains it has achieved at a cost of hundreds of American lives over the past six months, the commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad said Friday.
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The top US general in Iraq hints at troop reductions within six months, days ahead of his key report to Congress.