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Article: More troops in Iraq than reported.(//bites: BRIEF NOTES ON NEWS AND VIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD)
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- Arena Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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The US government uses a number of deceptions, definitional illusions and euphuisms to drastically undercount the number of US forces involved in Iraq--including counting only 'combat forces' and 'military personnel'. There are actually at least twice the number as those quoted in the media.
Even President Bush's January announcement of a surge of 21 500 US troops, opposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has now morphed into 30 000 troops with an additional 'headquarters staff' of 3000. The currently reported US military total in Iraq, though, is 145 000.
The number of US forces reported by the government--required to occupy a country slightly more than ...