General Warns Against Pullout
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A senior U.S. commander in central Iraq said yesterday that a reduction of U.S. forces in his region this year would be "a giant step backwards," allowing insurgents to quickly return and jeopardizing the military's "tactical momentum" in reducing violence.
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Defence secretary calls for 'period of consolidation and evaluation' before any cut in numbers
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WASHINGTON - As British troops pull out of their last base in Basra, some military commanders and civilian government officials in the area are concerned that the transition could leave them and a major supply route to Baghdad at greater risk of attack.
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A top general said on Monday Turkey   faces a growing Islamist threat and he strongly defended the   army's right to speak out on the issue despite European Union   criticism about military "interference" in politics.
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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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Britain's new army chief has warned that the country's military is stretched to its limits, as commanders reeled from a fatal weekend plane crash and fresh attacks which left another British soldier dead.
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The head of the Army says he is becoming concerned about "the growing gulf between the Army and the nation".
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's army chief of staff yesterday condemned a call from scores of rabbis on observant soldiers to refuse to obey orders to evacuate Jewish settlements under next year's planned Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip.
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Britain's military is at the limit of its capacity and can barely cope with the demands placed on it, the head of Britain's army told The Guardian in an interview published in the newspaper's Monday edition.
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A top general said on Monday Turkey  faces a growing Islamist threat and he strongly defended the  army's right to speak out on the issue despite European Union  criticism about military "interference" in politics.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq  warned Iran and others in comments published on Monday to think  twice before trying to take advantage of the U.S. military at a  time when it is fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Hard-fought gains by NATO troops this year could be lost in coming months if Afghan forces fail to hold ground seized from the Taliban, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
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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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&#39;Just say no.&#39; That was the Guardian&#39;s considered advice to the UK government over the redeployment of British Black Watch troops from Basra to central Iraq to take the place of Americans who have to go off and fight insurgents.
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Conditions in Iraq will not  improve sufficiently by September to justify  a drawdown of U.S. military forces, the top  commander in Iraq said yesterday.
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A hard-line Taliban splinter group threatened to kill a woman from Northern Ireland yesterday unless British troops pull out of Afghanistan, in a move which it is feared could signal the beginning of a new Iraq-style terror campaign.
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AN apparent coalition of insurgents has warned the interim Iraqi Government that it will attack oil facilities and other infrastructure unless US troops pull out of flashpoint cities.