US to send fresh troops to Iraq as bomb wounds two, missiles found

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Pentagon (news - web sites) mobilized 15,000 fresh troops for duty in Iraq (news - web sites) as the US military announced it had found large caches of weapons, including missiles, near Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit.


Two US soldiers were meanwhile wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on their convoy south of Baghdad, a military spokesman said.


Sergeant Mark Ingham said the attack with an "improvised explosive device" occurred about 11:00 am (0700 GMT) in the town of Iskandariya, 45 kilometers (nearly 30 miles) away from the capital.


After long insisting no more US soldiers were required to secure Iraq, the Pentagon said Saturday that 10,000 troops were being mobilized in two national guard brigades and it put 5,000 more on standby as US calls for international troop contributions go unheeded.
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[underpants]

1. That's just until the UN troops get there, right?

The other day I posted Condi's Good Morning America interview with the ever vigilante Diane Sawyer and Condi was SURE that forces from other nations would soon be in Iraq. She had to be telling the truth because she said that (or something like it) several times in the interview.

ON EDIT- :+

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. I just heard Powell saying that we DID have lots of multinational

support. No problem. All is well.