U.S. says all Iraq reinforcements in place now
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All U.S. troop reinforcements heading to Iraq to help restore security have now arrived, but it could take several more months before their weight is fully felt, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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U.S. troop levels in Iraq will likely remain at the current number -- more than 140,000 -- through next spring, the senior U.S. commander in the Middle East said today.
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The United States has expanded its   force in Iraq to 140,000 troops, the most since January and   13,000 more than five weeks ago, the Pentagon said on Thursday,   amid relentless violence in Baghdad and elsewhere.
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The US army has deployed an extra 5,000 US troops in Baghdad, stepping up security in the Iraqi capital ahead of the Jan. 30 elections, a senior US commander said Tuesday.
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Thursday's developments in Iraq:
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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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President George W. Bush has approved adding 4,400 more U.S. troops to a force buildup already ordered to try to bring security to Iraq, the White House said on Saturday.
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The Iraqi government rushed reinforcements Friday to the country's third-largest city, Mosul, seeking to quell a deadly militant uprising that U.S. officials suspected may be in support of the resistance in Fallujah &#151; now said to be under 80 percent U.S. control.
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The U.S. military, which just days ago completed its latest troop buildup in Iraq, has launched a large offensive operation in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad, the top U.S. commander said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2: The Pentagon will increase the number of US troops in Iraq to about 150,000, the highest level since the US occupation of Iraq began in the spring of 2003, in an effort to reduce violence during elections scheduled next month.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay, March 10 -- President Bush approved 8,200 more U.S. troops for Iraq and Afghanistan on top of reinforcements already ordered to those two countries, the White House said Saturday, a move that comes amid a fiery debate in Washington over the Iraq war.
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The British Ministry of Defense confirmed on Friday that British troops redeployed to provide military assistance to US troops in central Iraq have arrived at their new base near Baghdad.
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All U.S. military units sent to Iraq as part of a troop increase ordered by President George W. Bush will be fully trained and equipped, commanders promised on Tuesday, after Democratic contentions that the Pentagon could not afford to do so.
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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  elections set for Jan. 30, defense officials said on Wednesday.
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The White House said today that Iraq has made "satisfactory progress" toward meeting nine of 18 political, economic and security benchmarks and cited "encouraging signs" of conditions that would allow the United States to reduce its forces there.
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ERBIL, Iraq -- South Korea's military completed deployment of its 2,800-strong contingent in Iraq yesterday, and its commander said protecting his troops was at the top of his agenda.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress today that the military objectives of the Bush administration's troop increase strategy in Iraq "are in large measure being met," and he forecast a reduction of U.S. forces "to pre-surge levels" without jeopardizing gains in the months ahead.