Weighing the surge: putting troops among the people
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BAGHDAD - Nearly every week, American generals and politicians visit Combat Outpost Gator, nestled behind a towering blast wall in the Dora market. They arrive in convoys of armored Humvees, sometimes accompanied by helicopter gunships, to see what US commanders display as proof of the effectiveness of a seven-month-long security offensive, fueled by 30,000 US reinforcements. General David H. Petraeus, ...
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post Staff Writer
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Viewpoint: Congressional opponents of the surge are supporting our troops in the best possible way, says Michael Kinsley: trying to get them home to safety
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Q: Why do the Americans want British troops to be deployed in the US-controlled sector of Iraq? A: It is understood that US commanders have made a request for British
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Â· General Dannatt calls for homecoming paradesÂ· Alarm at growing gulf between army and nation
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The U.S. military is ramping up a program to embed social scientists with its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has resulted in some successes -- and a bitter academic feud
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Since Bush's move to send 21,500 troops, he and the military want more. Is it too much strain on US forces?
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The debate about how to proceed in Iraq, which in the past few months has focused on withdrawing U.S. troops, now includes serious discussion about adding more forces to the fight.
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The "five Army brigade combat teams, a Marine expeditionary unit and two Marine battalions" designated for withdrawal from Iraq by July "represent a very significant force. They are the force, in fact, that have helped us substantially in achieving some of the recent gains that our troopers have...
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Disguising policy proposals as sentimental appeals to the well-being of American troops does little to advance the debate on Iraq
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In Iraq, a new strategy pushes soldiers out of large bases and into communities.
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The Army, strained by unrelenting violence in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere, is considering ways it can speed up the creation of two combat brigades while shifting personnel and equipment from other military units.
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NEVER underestimate questions put to authority figures by troops about to be sent into battle. Behind them are problems begging to be addressed.
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Public polls indicate that most people do not favor enacting a draft. But many people across the country are wondering who will fight the nation's wars.
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The option of a major âsurgeâ in troop strength is gaining ground as part of a White House strategy review.
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The national intelligence estimate on Iraq released Friday does not address whether the president's plan to surge up to 21,500 troops into Iraq will work, but it lays out an extremely chaotic and complex situation that will make it difficult for those troops to succeed, intelligence and military analysts told CNN.