Iraq: Some U.S. Combat Troops To Be Reclassified
By Staff
The U.S-Iraq agreement calls for the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq cities by June, but officials say many will remain as reclassified personnel. Military planners acknowledge many will be renamed "trainers" and "advisers" in what officials told The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) are essentially combat roles.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21517.htm
US troops may stay in Iraq in disguise
Though the deadline for withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities has been decided as June 30, 2009, experts have argued that roughly 10,000 American troops should remain in Baghdad after that period, in the guise of "trainers" and "advisers" in what are effectively combat roles.
http://tinyurl.com/79zewg
U.S. upgrading key Iraqi naval base
Officials said the upgraded naval base would be located in Umm Qasr near the southern city of Basra . They said the enhanced facility would include a new pier and seawall complex.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ss_iraq0738_11_24.asp
From Information Clearing House
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Semantic Trickery Will Continue Occupation of Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/22-2
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=combat+troops
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=withdraw+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elisabeth+Bumiller
The U.S-Iraq agreement calls for the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq cities by June, but officials say many will remain as reclassified personnel. Military planners acknowledge many will be renamed "trainers" and "advisers" in what officials told The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) are essentially combat roles.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21517.htm
US troops may stay in Iraq in disguise
Though the deadline for withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities has been decided as June 30, 2009, experts have argued that roughly 10,000 American troops should remain in Baghdad after that period, in the guise of "trainers" and "advisers" in what are effectively combat roles.
http://tinyurl.com/79zewg
U.S. upgrading key Iraqi naval base
Officials said the upgraded naval base would be located in Umm Qasr near the southern city of Basra . They said the enhanced facility would include a new pier and seawall complex.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ss_iraq0738_11_24.asp
From Information Clearing House
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Semantic Trickery Will Continue Occupation of Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/22-2
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=combat+troops
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=withdraw+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elisabeth+Bumiller
rudkla - 23. Dez, 05:42
