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Article: ARMY GEN. PETRAEUS: IRAQ SECURITY PLAN CAN WORK, BUT WILL TAKE TIME
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 8, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service A new strategy that puts U.S. and Iraqi forces inside Baghdad neighborhoods to safeguard residents against insurgent and sectarian violence can work, but it'll take time to be fully implemented, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said in Baghdad during his first news conference today.
"We and our Iraqi partners recognize that improving security for the Iraqi people is the first step in rekindling hope," said Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who became Multinational Force Iraq commander Feb. 10. "The upward spiral we all want begins with ...