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Article: IRAQ - Abizaid Against Pull-Out Plans.(John ...
APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map;  November 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...General John Abizaid, the top US commander in the Middle East, on Nov. 15 warned that a phased withdrawal of US troops within six months, which some Democrats want, would increase sectarian ...

Article: ME GEN Iraq Abizaid Bombing
AP Worldstream;  March 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Shiites, are still too high, he said in an interview at a military airport terminal where he paused on his return from Iraq. Abizaid and other top U.S. military leaders noted that the escalating violence also was causing damaging delays in the selection ...

Article: General: Don't leave Iraq: Abizaid counsels against ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... There currently are more than 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Despite his insistence on a sustained U.S. presence in Iraq, Abizaid agreed with a growing sentiment in Congress that the Iraqi government, just 6 months old, must do more to stem the violence ...

Article: ME GEN Iraq Abizaid Interview
AP Worldstream;  February 13, 2004 ;     620 words ...ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer AP Worldstream 02-13-2004 Dateline: CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar One day after coming under attack in Iraq, the U.S. Army general who runs the war said Friday in an Associated Press interview that he believes it was a random assault. He discounted suggestions the

Article: Enemy force uses 'guerrilla tactics' in Iraq, ...
The Washington Times;  July 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said yesterday that Saddam Hussein loyalists are orchestrating a "classic guerrilla-type campaign," a statement that contradicts Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's war assessment last month. Army Gen. John

Article: STATE DEPT.: U.S. GENERAL SAYS MIDDLE EAST MILITIAS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... oversees military operations in the Middle East says extremism "remains a serious danger ... influence of private militias in the Middle East must be curbed. Army General John Abizaid ... importance of curbing their influence in the Middle East. LEBANON MUST REGAIN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ...

Transcript: MIDDLE EAST ENGAGED IN WAR BETWEEN EXTREMISTS, ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  March 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... to cause civil war to take place in Iraq." Abizaid has a number of challenges in his ... result in the "Talibanization" of the Middle East. "The vast, vast majority of the people in the Middle East do not want that to happen, and they ...