U.S. sending more troops to Iraq
Since Obama came into power there are just 4,000 less troops in Iraq than when Bush left the presidency. At the same time thousands of additional private contractors have been sent to Iraq! Now about one thousand more troops are going to Iraq. The troops will be staying until at least the end of Afghan elections in January next year. The Obama administration claims that the withdrawal is on track! On track to add more troops and contractors.
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""Though the Iraq War has long since become an after-thought amid Obama Administration claims that the "drawdown" in on track, the Pentagon is reporting today that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has approved a request to send about 1,000 additional troops to Iraq.
The latest report comes less than a week after it was revealed that the Pentagon has added thousands of additional contractors to Iraq, ostensibly to replace US troops during the drawdown.
But of course the drawdown isn't actually happening. President Obama inherited a war with roughly 135,000 troops in Iraq, and today there are 131,000 and thousands of contractors. Officials have previously insisted there will be no meaningful troop level changes until at least 60 days after January's parliamentary elections.""""
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