U.S. to Expand Outposts Across Baghdad by 30%
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. military plans to boost the number of neighborhood outposts across the capital by more than 30 percent this year even as American forces begin to withdraw, the new commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad said Tuesday.
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The United States is beefing up military forces in Iraq to provide security before elections scheduled for January 30, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday.
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The American military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops by next month, to 150,000, the highest level since the invasion last year, to
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BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Thursday to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six
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BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six countries that
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Some 850 British troops and support  personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following  a U.S. request, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Thursday.
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US General Petraeus takes his post Saturday, bringing with him a plan to spread troops across Baghdad.
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LONDONâBritish troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for American troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Falluja and elsewhere in the country, media reports said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 15 -- U.S. military and Iraqi security forces have begun a massive effort to seal off Baghdad with a ring of reinforced checkpoints, berms, trenches, barriers and fences in an attempt to clamp down on insurgents, officials said Friday.
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The Pentagon said Wednesday that it will boost the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to about 150,000, the highest level since the U.S. occupation began 19 months ago.
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President Bush will tell the nation this week he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by about 30,000 by next summer
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BAGHDAD -- Three months after the start of the security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment.
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Some 850 British troops and support personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following a U.S. request, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Thursday.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops have pushed insurgents and other fighters out of about a third of Baghdad's neighborhoods under a three-month-old plan to pacify the city of 6 million people, according to a U.S. military report released yesterday.
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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 Iraqi  elections set for Jan. 30, defense officials said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - The United States is strengthening its military presence in Iraq to 150,000, ordering more soldiers to the country and extending the stay of some combat units already stationed there.
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The Pentagon plans to beef up its military strength in Baghdad by sending additional battalions to the beleaguered Iraqi capital, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, said today.