U.S. Says Iraq Troop Surge Complete
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BAGHDAD, June 15 -- The full contingent of new U.S. forces being sent to Iraq -- what military leaders call a "surge" of troops to improve security and stability in the capital -- was completed by Friday, with 28,500 additional troops now posted in the country, a U.S. military spokesman said.
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British troops getting ready to head to an area near Baghdad are "relieved" a decision has now been made.
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The U.S. Army expects to keep its troop strength in Iraq at the current level of about 120,000 for at least two more years, according to the Army's top operations officer.
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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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Attacks in Iraq on U.S.-led forces, local security personnel and civilians in the three months to November 10 have surged 22 percent over the previous three months to reach an all-time high, the Pentagon said in its latest quarterly report on Iraq published on Monday.
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Hundreds of British troops returned to their base in southern Iraq Saturday, ending a monthlong deployment in a restive region near Baghdad that the United States had requested to help back up U.S. forces in ...
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SEOUL - South Koreaâs defense ministry said Wednesday it completed the deployment of around 2,800 troops on a relief and rehabilitation mission in northern Iraq.
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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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South Korea's military completed deployment of its 2,800-strong contingent in Iraq on Wednesday and its commander said protecting his troops was at the top of his agenda.
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US-led forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all Iraq&#39;s rebel-held areas before elections in January.
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President Bush said on Wednesday  that he saw no need right now to bolster U.S. troop levels in  Iraq and that the U.S.-led offensive in Falluja was going well.
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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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The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.
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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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South Korea&#39;s military completed deployment of its 2,800-strong contingent in Iraq on Wednesday and its commander said protecting his troops was at the top of his agenda.
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The operation to hand over security in Basra to Iraqi forces has been completed successfully, Tony Blair says.
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President Bush has approved a request to deploy 4,400 additional U.S. troops to Iraq, officials said.