US plan has forces in Iraq into 2009
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BAGHDAD -- While Washington is mired in political debate over the future of Iraq, the American command here has prepared a detailed plan that foresees a significant American role for the next two years.
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US military commanders Wednesday announced that they would increase the number of troops in Iraq to 150,000 - the highest level since the March 2003 American-led invasion
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The US military says it plans to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border to curb the arms flow to militants.
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The United States has sought to put a positive angle on its closest ally Britain&#x2019;s plan to pull its 7,100 troops out of Iraq nearly four years after the war&#x2019;s start.Comment
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The United States would dispatch 690,000 troops and 2,000 warplanes if war breaks out on the Korean peninsula, according to a South Korean defense policy paper released Friday.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani estimated that the Iraqi army will be in a position to take over from the Americans at the end of 2008, and rejected calls by Democrats for the United States to start withdrawing troops and turning over responsibility to the Iraqis within weeks.
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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.
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The Bush administration has developed a formal written strategy for Iraq that envisions using a mix of diplomacy and military force to try to wrest control of dozens of key cities from insurgents before planned January elections, a senior administration official said Friday.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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Nine hundred reservists are to be deployed to Iraq, the government has announced.
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A new think tank run by former U.S. defense officials has published a detailed plan that would have the United States withdraw from Iraq in phases, beginning next month and ending in 2012.
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The United States is expanding its military force in Iraq to the highest level of the war &#151; even higher than during the initial invasion in March 2003 &#151; in order to bolster security in advance of next month's national elections.
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If Gen. David H. Petraeus has his way, tens of thousands of U.S. troops will be in Iraq for years to come.
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President Bush today announced plans to shift 60,000 to 70,000 U.S. troops who are now stationed in Europe and Asia.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces will need another year to 18 months before they can take over from American troops, the top US commander in Iraq, General George W. Casey Jr., said yesterday.
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The U.S. Army is now planning to keep at least 120,000 troops in Iraq for the next two years to train and fight with Iraqi forces against insurgents, a senior Army general said on Monday.
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US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model.