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Foreign troops 'gear up' to enter Iraq By Bill Gertz
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, July 1, 2003 | By Bill Gertz

Posted on 06/30/2003 9:51:27 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:04:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two divisions of international troops will begin moving into Iraq by the end of this month to help relieve the nearly 150,000 American troops now working to stabilize the country, Pentagon officials said yesterday.

Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the international troops — up to 20,000 of them — are "gearing up" to go to Iraq.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billgertz; iraq; stabilizationforce
Tuesday, July 1, 2003

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