Army Extends Iraq Tours for 6,500 Troops

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Sat Oct-30-04 01:20 PM
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Army Extends Iraq Tours for 6,500 Troops

WASHINGTON - The Army has extended by two months the Iraq (news - web sites) tours of about 6,500 soldiers, citing a need for experienced troops through the Iraqi elections scheduled for late January.

No official statement was released, but the Pentagon (news - web sites)'s public affairs office posted an article on its Web site Saturday that said 3,500 soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and 3,000 from the 1st Infantry Division headquarters will remain in Iraq at least two months longer than planned.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_us_military

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Sat Oct-30-04 01:22 PM
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1. unfortunately this is somewhat understandable n/t

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Zorra

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Sat Oct-30-04 01:23 PM
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2. They must be thrilled about their newly extended overseas vacation.

6,500 more votes for John Kerry?

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Sat Oct-30-04 01:29 PM
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3. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=944780

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