Military may send soldiers from Kuwait to Iraq

[Barrett808]

Military may send soldiers from Kuwait to Iraq
By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is considering sending hundreds of soldiers from a force held in reserve in Kuwait into Iraq to provide extra security as Iraq prepares to seat a new government, a defense official said on Friday.

The soldiers are from a "call-forward" force trained, ready and available in Kuwait for rapid reaction to problems in Iraq or for use to bolster security for certain milestones, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because no decision has been made.

The official said commanders are considering sending an Army battalion task force to Baghdad and surrounding areas to augment security.

The move would duplicate one made in March when the United States sent about 650 soldiers into Iraq from a brigade of the 1st Armored Division in Kuwait. Those soldiers remain in Iraq as part of a U.S. force numbering about 133,000 troops.

"There probably will be a pending troop movement," the official said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/ts_nm/iraq_usa_troops_dc

[paparush]

1. Its the Iraq/Iran/Kuwait/Afghanistan Shuffle

Afghanistan just suffered its worse week of violence since the Taliban *ahem* left..

[cliss]

2. NOW what about that troop reduction

they've been talking about.

Well, George? General Miers? Sec. Rumsfailed? General Pace?

[hobbit709]

3. When they're calling in the reserve forces

that means they can't control the situation with what they have. You don't use your backups unless the sirep is critical.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. USA "enforcing" a free and democratic election - yeah right!

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3 years later, and Iraq is worse off under the "liberation" guised by the PNACers than it was under Saddam

So who's the better leader?

Saddam Hussein or George W. Bush??

Just ask an Iraqi . . .