Pentagon: 1,500 More Troops to Iraq

[Lochloosa]

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166659,00.html


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon (search) has ordered 1,500 additional troops to Iraq to provide security in advance of two upcoming votes, the military announced Wednesday.

Two infantry battalions from the 82nd Airborne Division (search) will deploy to Iraq before the scheduled Oct. 15 referendum on the proposed constitution, and remain through the December national elections, officials said.

Edit to get this quote in:

The Pentagon has temporarily increased the size of the force in Iraq twice before political milestones -- the June 2004 transfer of sovereignty and the January elections. Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, said those deployments helped limit the effectiveness of the insurgent campaign.

"This deployment is in support of continued progress," he said. "We are reinforcing success."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bluestateguy]

1. I think we need to trust Secretary McNama- .....uh, Rumsfeld

The president has the best and the brightest (you Baby Boomers will recognize that term) by his side and they have more information than we do.

[Moderator]

Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1724689

[Child_Of_Isis]

2. Take that you anti-war protestors!

I almost bet the bigger the anti-war movement, the more troops. This Admin does like to "punish" it's dissenters.