4500 troops going back to Iraq. 9 months after they left.

[mudesi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070402/pl_nm/iraq_usa_troops_dc;_ylt=Ak1WdITaonv7tu3hS8VglGSs0NUE?

Support the troops!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it will send another 9,000 U.S. troops to Iraq, with about half of them returning to combat ahead of schedule, in order to maintain troop levels in its new security crackdown through at least August.

Two of the affected Army units, totaling about 4,500 troops, will return to combat short of their promised year at home, reflecting the strain placed on U.S. forces by commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"What you're seeing here today reflects a decision that will carry the level of effort ... through August '07," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.

One unit will deploy 81 days short of the year-long "dwell time" at home and the second will return 47 days short of a year, Whitman said.

[MadMaddie]

1. So * lied again...

our military will suffer for decades because of this...

[Dr.Phool]

2. My friends daughter was shipped back after only 2 weeks.

Her third tour.

[MadMaddie]

3. 2 weeks...but you won't hear this on the MSM will you..

If the Repugs want to have their war then they need to go on and reinstate the draft....

Our men and women have fullfilled their mission, they are not police. They exist to protect America and American citizens.

They are destroying our military..

[Breeze54]

4. Just curious...

Was she home on leave and went back?

How long had she been there before the 2 wks?

[kineneb]

5. two words: Broken. Military.

when do they start cracking?

The Empire is Dead. It just hasn't noticed, yet.