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Article: 'Uneven' progress in Iraq: Petraeus says conflict will require major deployment through 2008.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2007
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Byline: David Wood
Sep. 11--In an eagerly awaited assessment of the Iraq war, Gen. David Petraeus reported "uneven" progress and said yesterday that heavy deployments of U.S. troops would be required through next year because of continued violence.
Without referring to the deep political pressure for troop cuts, Petraeus insisted that "battlefield geometry" enabled him to recommend a minor reduction in U.S. forces in Iraq, with the 2,200-member 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to be withdrawn from Anbar province this month and an Army combat brigade of about 4,000 soldiers to follow, beginning in mid-December.
The reductions would leave about ...