8000 troops not coming home on schedule - 7 to 10 days longer

[donsu]

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=243704

Some U.S. troops in Iraq got some unwanted news Friday from the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has extended the duty of about 8,000 U.S. troops scheduled to come home from Iraq in January.

Rumsfeld’s spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said the troops -- all from active-duty units -- will be kept an average of seven to 10 days longer to avoid a hand-off to their replacements in the immediate aftermath of the Iraqi elections scheduled for December.

Rumsfeld approved the tour extensions Thursday night.

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in Iraq 10 days can be a lifetime

[tatertop]

1. I am sure they are delighted for the extra vacation time in Iraq

Wonder how many of those will die or suffer
serious damage during this little extension in hell.

[louis-t]

2. Which means about 20 of them will come home in body bags

Signed, Donald Rumsfeld, Minister of Death

[wtmusic]

4. and their families had parties planned for them

sickening

[rocktivity]

3. I'm glad you didn't post this in Late Breaking News

Extending the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq at the last minute is the exact OPPOSITE of that!

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