Iraq forces &#39;need extra US help&#39;
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The top US commander in Iraq has expressed concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with security in the run-up to elections next month.
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IRAQ&#39;S interim Prime Minister yesterday delivered another blow to President Bush just a week before the US election when he blamed American-led forces for
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/10/04) - As the security situation in Iraq worsens, the US has called on Britain to shift some 650 troops to more dangerous hotspots around Baghdad in order to free up the 2nd Battalion of the US 24th Marines to take part in attacks
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Iraq&#39;s interim President Ghazi al-Yawer asked NATO on Tuesday for additional help in military training as part of the efforts to rebuild his country.
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BAGHDAD -- A top US military commander in Iraq called for more Iraqi troops to police troubled areas yesterday, a day in which at least 26 people were killed in attacks on civilians and police across the troubled nation.
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Both Bush and Kerry say no. But with America tied down in Iraq, military officials say they may need more troops to win the war -- and the next one
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Our position is: More US troops are needed to serve until the election, but Iraq must eventually handle its own security. The Pentagon&#39;s announcement that deployments are being extended for more than 10,000
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United Nations, Sep 15 - Iraq has appealed to the international community to send more troops to protect the United Nations staff needed for holding of elections by January 31 next year and thwart terrorist attempt to disrupt the poll process.
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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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The former US commander in Iraq issued an urgent plea to the Pentagon last winter for supplies, saying he was &quot;unable to sustain readiness.
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The United States is dispatching an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq and extending the stays of more than 10,000 others to bolster security ahead of January&#39;s scheduled elections.
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The government faces pressure over plans to send UK troops to an area south of Baghdad, to assist US forces.
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The increase in US troop strength in Iraq announced last week is not likely to be enough, Sen. John McCain said Sunday. McCain told &quot;Fox News Sunday&quot; that more troops probably will be required
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American and Iraqi officials joined Iraq&#39;s Middle Eastern neighbors on Tuesday to call for international support for Iraq&#39;s transition
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The US says it may send more troops to Iraq before January, depending on the outcome of its offensive in Falluja.
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American commanders pointed to a variety of problems with the Iraqi forces, including a shortage of trained troops and a lack of basic supplies.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."