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40,000 troops told of fall deployment -
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon alerted about 40,000 active-duty and National Guard soldiers yesterday that they will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the fall, a sign that the military expects hard fighting to continue through late next year. (article 4)
The new deployments also will enable the Pentagon to keep the number of troops in Afghanistan at about 33,000, the current level. (article 4)
The deployment plans announced yesterday will involve units and soldiers who have served two or three tours lasting as long as 15 months. (article 4)
Several of the units have been home less than 12 months, apparently violating a Pentagon goal of allowing soldiers at least a year between combat deployments (article 4)
Gordon Brown is due to make a statement to the Commons on Iraq before the parliamentary summer recess but there will be no promises on troop cuts. (article 1)
The source, who was intimately involved in planning the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, added: " The original design was to draw down in Iraq in order to build up in Afghanistan. (article 1)
In March the Iraqi Prime Minister decided off his own bat to take on the Shia militia in Basra and sent Iraqi soldiers backed by about 900 US combat troops to do the job, largely ignoring the British contingent. (article 1)
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Source articles
- Fighting two separate wars takes Army close to breaking point (timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 888 words)
- 2,000 Marines face longer Afghan tour - (baltimoresun.com, 07/11/2008, 507 words)
- McCain: Allies Need to Help Us in Afghanistan (CBS News, 07/09/2008, 318 words)
- 40,000 troops told of fall deployment - (baltimoresun.com, 07/11/2008, 178 words)
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