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ElsewheresDaughter  (1000+ posts)       Fri Jun-27-08 07:25 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3372232
Officials: 30,000 troops heading to Iraq in 2009 
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is preparing to order roughly 30,000 troops to Iraq early next year in a move that would allow the U.S. to maintain 15 combat brigades in the country through 2009, The Associated Press has learned.
The deployments would replace troops currently there. But the decisions could change depending on whether Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, decides in the fall to further reduce troop levels in Iraq.

Several officials familiar with the deployments spoke on condition of anonymity because the orders have not yet been made public.

According to the officials, three active-duty Army brigade combat teams, one Army National Guard brigade and two Marine regimental combat teams are being notified that they are being sent to Iraq in early 2009. Officials would not release the specific units involved because the soldiers and Marines and their families have not all been told.

The Guard unit, however, is the 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, from the Pennsylvania National Guard. Members of that unit — a large brigade with heavily armored Stryker vehicles — were told last October that they should be prepared to deploy to Iraq early in 2009. The order this week is the formal notice that includes a more specific time frame.

Currently, the final brigade involved in the military buildup in Baghdad last year is pulling out of Iraq. That departure will leave 15 combat brigades there — compared to a high of 20 for much of the past year. Other smaller units are also there, including troops doing security, logistics, air assaults, intelligence and medical aid.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/u...

  Does it say 30,000 more soldiers? Does that mean the troops in country now won't come home?

Currently, the final brigade involved in the military buildup in Baghdad last year is pulling out of Iraq. That departure will leave 15 combat brigades there — compared to a high of 20 [brigades] for much of the past year. Other smaller units are also there, including troops doing security, logistics, air assaults, intelligence and medical aid.

Ah...what the DUmmie doesn't say, is that these 30,000 are replacing 30,000 coming home.

Viva_La_Revolution  (1000+ posts)       Fri Jun-27-08 09:38 PM
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7. My son just came home 2 days ago and told us he goes in May...
 Edited on Fri Jun-27-08 09:40 PM by Viva_La_Revolution
(Oregon Nat. Guard, no mention of his brigade in this article).. and to top it all off, I had just finished watching "In the Valley of Elah"

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Posting information about troop deployments used to be treason.

 

[Airwolf]

Treason is such a terrible word to a DUmmie. They like to think of it as everyday chat.

[Rebel]

Damn, I knew this shit a LONG time ago. It's the only NG Stryker brigade. Their presence will save a ton of lives.


Edited to fix a they're, their, there mistake. Not normally something I do. 

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