For those still paying close attention despite the birth of Angelina’s baby, this is the opposite of a drawdown.
U.S. Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq
Car Bomb Kills 2 From CBS News
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 30, 2006; A01
BAGHDAD, May 29 — The U.S. military said Monday it was deploying the main reserve fighting force for Iraq, a full 3,500-member armored brigade, as emergency reinforcements for the embattled western province of Anbar, where a surge of violence linked to the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has severely damaged efforts to turn Sunni Arab tribal leaders against the insurgency.
The insurgents have assassinated 11 tribal leaders in the Ramadi area since the end of last year, when Sunni sheiks in the city began open cooperation with the U.S. military. That alliance was heralded by U.S. commanders as a sign of a major split between Sunni insurgents and the larger Sunni community of western Iraq.
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It won’t work on a bumper sticker, but so many other policies have.
My latest batch of BumperSnickers…
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