U.S. Airborne Troops Headed for Iraq in Major Buildup
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The U.S. military kicked off a  buildup of forces in Iraq by 12,000 troops on Friday, with  soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division leaving Fort Bragg,  North Carolina to boost security for Jan. 30 Iraqi elections.
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U.S. troops were on alert at bases  across Iraq on Thursday after concluding that a suicide bomber,  probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind the deadliest  strike on Americans since they invaded last year.
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American forces in Iraq will be expanded by about 12,000 troops to provide better security as the Jan. 30 elections approach, military officials said today.
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The major  U.S. offensive launched last weekend against insurgents in and around Baghdad has significantly expanded the military's battleground in Iraq -- "a surge of operations," and no longer just of troops, as the second-ranking U.S. commander there said yesterday -- but it has renewed concerns...
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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The sound of boots clattering up helicopter ramps at dawn kicked off a series of raids Wednesday by U.S. Marines, who are using everything from concrete barriers to no-parking signs to help secure Iraq's elections in 10 days.
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More than 3,000 US and Iraqi soldiers started a major operation yesterday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to take control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to
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The first American military cargo planes brought supplies to this devastated town Friday, and a US carrier battle group was heading for Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island to spearhead an unprecedented multinational military effort
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In an effort to restore security in Baghdad, the U.S. military plans to move at least three more battalions of American soldiers into the Iraqi capital, a senior Pentagon official said.
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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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The Air Force is sharply expanding its airlifts of equipment and supplies to bases inside Iraq to reduce the amount of military cargo normally hauled in ground convoys.
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WASHINGTON -- The US military is planning to move a brigade into Kuwait in what could be the first step in a short-term surge of American forces into Iraq to stabilize the violence.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation to strike against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists, the U.S. military said Tuesday, hoping to build on a recent reduction of violence and push militants from their strongholds.
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The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq by 12,000 soldiers and Marines, bringing combat strength to the highest level since the invasion in 2003.
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U.S. military planners have begun work on a fallback strategy in case the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq fails, including a gradual pullout of U.S. forces and more emphasis on training and advising Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reported in Monday's editions.
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The United States will boost its forces in Iraq to a record number of 150,000 in coming weeks because inexperienced Iraqi troops cannot ensure security for next month's national elections, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Saturday.