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Article: ARAB US RELATIONS - Sept 5 - US Plan Would Shift Troops From Iraq To Afghanistan.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- September 6, 2008
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The US will carry out a modest shift of American forces from Iraq to Afghanistan by early next year under a confidential recommendation to President George W. Bush by the Pentagon's top civilian and military leaders. The number of American combat brigades in Iraq would shrink to 14 in February from the current level of 15, according to the recommendation, the officials said. All told, the number of American forces in Iraq, which currently number about 146,000, would drop by nearly 8,000 by March. That is a smaller reduction than some officials had earlier suggested might be possible before President George W. Bush leaves office in January, given the significant decline in ...