Extended Iraq duty no surprise, official says
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They may be disappointed, but families of troops in Iraq should not be surprised that 3,500 soldiers who were expected home next month have been ordered to remain overseas for
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S. doubts of his government's military and political progress on Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave "any time they want."
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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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TOKYO The cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Thursday to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq despite the growing opposition of voters, political opponents and members of his own party.
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Britain's top general said that Iraqi police recruits were not deterred by a spate of bombings and that elections in Iraq can proceed according to the January timetable.
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The Pentagon could boost the number of additional forces being sent to Iraq, adding as many as 3,000 troops to the 21,500 being deployed under the president's war plan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Army Secretary Pete Geren ruled out extending troop deployments yesterday beyond the current 15 months, saying that longer tours in Iraq put stress on soldiers and their families and have contributed to an increase in suicides.
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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet agreed yesterday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 noncombat troops in Iraq for up to a year despite widespread public opposition and condemnations from political opponents.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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U.S. forces probably will not be a visible presence on Iraq's streets five years from now, but the United States will remain a force in the country for years to come, Iraq's ambassador to the U.S. predicted.
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Defense officials are not ruling out the possibility that they will need more U.S. troops to secure January's elections in increasingly violent Iraq, but believe Iraqi and perhaps international troops may be able to do the job instead, a top general said Wednesday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday he had agreed to stay in his job and hoped US troops would be pulled out of Iraq during the Bush administration&#39;s second four-year term.
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As United States forces massed to invade Iraq last year, the director of Care International operations in Baghdad said she was determined to stay.
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The State Department said Friday it is encouraging the Dutch government to continue contributing to Iraq's security beyond the scheduled March 15 departure date for Dutch troops.
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Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday approved a two-year extension of the country's air force transport mission in Iraq, despite criticism of Tokyo's involvement in the increasingly unpopular war.
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London - As US forces massed to invade Iraq last year, the director of Care International operations in Baghdad said she was determined to stay.
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As the U.S. military sends more troops into Baghdad for stays of 15 months or longer, some Iraqi army soldiers participating in the same counterinsurgency operation are serving under a rotation schedule officially lasting just three months, according to senior officers at the Pentagon and...