Pentagon to reduce US combat brigades in Iraq
US Defense Department announced that it will draw down the number of US combat brigades in Iraq from 15 to 14 brigades due to noticeable drop of violence on the ground. Pentagon spokesman Brian Whitman affirmed that the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team deployed in northwestern Baghdad will leave Iraq in November 2008 instead of January 2009. He added that it will not replace the outgoing third brigade of the same Division due to leave as well in November, bringing the total number of brigades in Iraq to 14 brigades
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- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | about 1 year agoHundreds of Fort Campbell soldiers will be stepping off planes and into the arms of family and friends after completing a 15-month deployment to Iraq. The soldiers from the 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade, who are coming home Friday morning, left Iraq a...
- News Source: Denver Post | about 1 year agoAfter Shannon Morgan returned from serving in Iraq, the memories of killing and carnage continued to haunt her, memories that some told her were unexpected for a female soldier. Department of Defense policy bars female soldiers from direct ground...
- News Source: Middle East Political News | about 1 year agoThe United States and Iraq appeared to be edging closer to a final agreement on the future of US troops in Iraq after Washington said on Thursday it had responded positively to new demands from Baghdad. The US administration has agreed to remove a...
- News Source: Zaman.com | about 1 year agoThe 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, based in northwest Baghdad where attacks have dropped sharply, had been scheduled to leave Iraq after Jan. 1. A brigade has about 3,500 soldiers. "Due to the continued improving security environment ... the...
- News Source: CNN | about 1 year agoWe are preparing to make this as smooth a transition as we can," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said this week. Although officials say the transition is in good hands, little is being said about what discussions will occur between the Pentagon...
- News Source: Middle East Political News | about 1 year agoThe United States has agreed to several changes proposed by Baghdad to a security deal meant to lead to a pullout of US troops by late 2011, and sees the process as complete, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. "We have responded very positively to...
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- Blog Source: terrorism-online.blogspot.com6, 2008 - About 3000 soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team will leave Iraq nearly two months earlier than planned, reducing the total number of US brigades in Iraq to 14, military officials said. ...
- Blog Source: www.libnot.com6, 2008 – About 3000 soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team will leave Iraq nearly two months earlier than planned, military officials said. Improved security and decreased violence across the unit’s ...
- Blog Source: www.blackpower.comThe number of US combat brigades in Iraq has been reduced as a result of dramatically lower violence there, said Pentagon officials. Approximately 4000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division have seen there scheduled withdrawal from ...
- Blog Source: www.investorsiraq.comEarly departures and not replacing forces could be the start of a trend that could allow President-elect Barack Obama to fulfill his campaign pledge to reduce the number of combat brigades in Iraq by roughly one a month in his first 16 ...
- Blog Source: www.stripes.comActing on the recommendations of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Gen. Ray Odierno, the Pentagon will cut one combat brigade from Iraq six weeks earlier than planned. The decision was announc...
- Blog Source: www.rantburg.com6 (UPI) -- The number of US combat brigades in Iraq will be reduced from 15 to 14 about six weeks earlier than planned, Pentagon officials say. "The hope is they can come home before Christmas," Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press ...
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