Troops to Iraq may be cut
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the number of troops in Iraq could be cut after the January elections in that country.
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The Pentagon is considering delaying the departure of some troops in Iraq and speeding the arrival of others already due to deploy to boost force levels for the January elections, US officials said on Tuesday.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after the January elections if security is strengthened and Iraqi government forces continue to expand and improve, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday...
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Britain's military deployment in southern Iraq is to be cut by 500 to 5,000 over the next few months, the Ministry of Defence announced yesterday, just six days after British troops withdrew from their base at Basra Palace.
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The Cabinet is today discussing plans to redeploy British troops to an American-controlled area in central Iraq. Ministers are poised to decide whether to allow 650 troops from the Black Watch regiment to shift to the region.
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Foreign troop levels in Iraq could drop to less than 100,000 by the end of 2008 if Iraq's own forces were ready and security threats had diminished, Iraq's national security adviser said on Wednesday.
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The US Army is considering shortening yearlong combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan amid concerns the long and perilous duty is making it hard to attract new soldiers and keep current ones, officials said on Monday.
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The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend withdrawing nearly all U.S. combat units from Iraq by early 2008 while leaving behind troops to train, advise and support the Iraqis, setting the first goal for a major drawdown of U.S. forces, sources familiar with the proposal said yesterday.
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The U.S. Army is considering slashing  the length of combat tours for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan  because it fears declines in recruiting and troop retention,  The New York Times reported Monday.
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The chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to urge President George W. Bush to cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year, the Los Angeles Times said on Friday, citing military and administration officials.
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Britain is considering whether to send &quot;a few extra troops&quot; to Iraq, a day after sporadic clashes in Basra left one British soldier wounded.
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Politics: 18 November 2004, Thursday. The decision of the Hungarian Parliament to withdraw its troops from Iraq might cause some problems for the Multinational division under Polish command.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 11 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that it "probably does make sense" to "pause" troop withdrawals from Iraq late this summer, after the last of the forces sent in as part of an offensive surge have gone home.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. military intends to reduce the number of combat brigades in Iraq from 20 to 19 by the end of this year, the first part of a plan to withdraw thousands of American troops from the war zone by next summer, military officials said Wednesday.
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Gen. David H. Petraeusâs recommendations will likely lead to an earlier-than-expected start to troop reductions in Iraq, while deferring decisions on a wider withdrawal.
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The top U.S. general in Iraq on Monday recommended cutting American troops by about 30,000 by next summer, ending the so-called surge of forces but not fundamentally changing strategy in the unpopular war.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq has   drafted a plan that projects steep reductions in the U.S.   military presence there by the end of 2007, The New York Times   reported on Saturday.