Higher U.S. troop levels in Iraq likely beyond summer

[babylonsister]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-04-22T140658Z_01_N21208473_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IRAQ-TROOPS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22


Higher U.S. troop levels in Iraq likely beyond summer
Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:07am ET162

By Andrew Gray

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remarks by senior U.S. commanders and officials and a change in Army deployment plans all suggest the higher level of American troops now building in Iraq is likely to remain for months beyond the summer.

The Bush administration has avoided predicting how long it will keep the beefed-up force of about 160,000 troops ordered by the president in January.

It has said only that it will review progress in the late summer, a stance stressed last week by Defense Secretary Robert Gates when he visited Iraq. The implication is that troops could then start to be withdrawn but that appears improbable.

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[acmavm]

1. Likely? NO. GUARANTEED!

[babylonsister]

2. I agree, and it's been the plan all along. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Spin Spin Spin

Don't forget the republican senators and congressmen who have said they will drop their support for the war after August.

[babylonsister]

4. OMG! The rethugs are setting - gasp! - timetables?

That's obviously their way of buying time, too.