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Roughly 21,000 Troops Notified for Iraq Deployment
FOXNews.com ^ | 21 June 2006

Posted on 06/20/2006 6:45:17 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has notified about 21,000 Army soldiers and Marines that they are scheduled to be sent to Iraq late this year as part of the latest deployment rotation.

Four major combat brigades from Texas, Alaska and Colorado are scheduled to replace troops returning home from the war, the Pentagon said. Thus, the announcement does not signal an increase in troop strength in Iraq.

In a press release Tuesday, the Pentagon said the planned assignments could change depending on the conditions in Baghdad. The move comes as Pentagon officials and the Bush administration are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Combined with last November's announcement of 92,000 American service members scheduled to go to Iraq in the 2006-2008 rotation, this would bring the total U.S. troop level to about 113,000 for that period. That is less than the approximately 138,000 average troop level for the past year, but more than military officials' goal of less than 100,000 by the end of the year.

There are about 127,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Colorado; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alaska; colorado; deployment; iraq; texas; troops
God bless and protect each and every one.
1 posted on 06/20/2006 6:45:19 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

Well, they all knew they were going, and most of them knew when. But now we all know.


2 posted on 06/20/2006 6:55:28 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: Aussie Dasher

How about sending DC Liberals and RINOs in their place, for example, Kerry, Schumer, Durbin, Boxer, Feinstein, Pelosi, Spector, McCain, Feingold, Kennedy, both Clintons, and the list goes on. After all, they claim to be "concerned" patriotic Americans. What better way for them to prove their patriotism then to take the place of one of our brave soldiers?


3 posted on 06/20/2006 8:33:58 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I thought we wanted to win this war.


4 posted on 06/20/2006 9:50:53 PM PDT by jamesm113
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