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Petraeus recommends troop surge

Source: The Courier-Mail

Baghdad : Iraq | 11 months ago

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Gen Petraeus is widely credited for turning around a Sunni insurgency in western Iraq with the 30,000 troop "surge" to secure Baghdad and its environs during his time as commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq. Many hope that Gen Petraeus will bring his counter-insurgency expertise to bear...

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