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ReutersTerrorism focus of new US military strategy-report
31 Jul 2008 03:51:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates last month approved a new National Defense Strategy that recommends making fighting al Qaeda and other militant groups the top military priority in coming decades, the Washington Post reported in Thursday editions.
The document, which has been shared with U.S. lawmakers but not published, calls for the military to master "irregular" warfare rather than focusing on conventional conflicts with other states, said the newspaper.
"Iraq and Afghanistan remain the central fronts in the struggle, but we cannot lose sight of the implications of fighting a long-term, episodic, multi-front, and multi-dimensional conflict more complex and diverse than the Cold War confrontation with communism," the Post quoted the 23-page document as saying.
"Success in Iraq and Afghanistan is crucial to winning this conflict, but it alone will not bring victory," it said.
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