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The White House says President George Bush has decided to withdraw about 8.000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next February and that he will announce the plan in a speech Tuesday in Washington.
A transcript of that speech was released on Monday.
In the prepared remarks, Mr. Bush says the U.S. military will bring home 3,400 combat support forces from Iraq in the next few months.
He also says a Marine battalion will leave Iraq's Anbar province by November and an army combat brigade will withdraw from Iraq in February.
Mr. Bush says a Marine battalion that was due to be sent to Iraq in November will instead go to Afghanistan and an army combat brigade will follow in January.
President Bush's announcements on troop levels are in line with recommendations he received from his top defense advisers last week.
U.S. officials have said the defense chiefs recommended waiting until early next year to withdraw the next combat brigade from Iraq. Mr. Bush leaves office in January.
The White House has said the president does not want to do anything that could reverse the security gains made in Iraq during the past year.
U.S. commanders have expressed hope that Iraq's sharp drop in violence will free up more U.S. forces to fight an escalating insurgency in Afghanistan.
The United States now has 15 combat brigades in Iraq and a total of 140,000 troops. The U.S. military contingent in Afghanistan numbers about 34,000.The White House says President George Bush has decided to withdraw about 8.000 U.S.... more
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Are we still the ugly American? explores US covert operations in the Middle East over the past fifty years trying to understand why anti-Americanism is on the rise. Directors Marco Aguilar and Cheyenne Quintanar journey through Western Europe, Canada and parts within the US to get perspectives on the current Bush administration, the war in Iraq, and US foreign policy.
Will the United States' selfish interests propel us into world war III, or will the people in the US rise up and take their country back?Are we still the ugly American? explores US covert operations in the Middle East over... more
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It all started with a phone call. On the other end, a man said, "I know who you are, and we are going to get you." When Houzan hung up the phone she was shaken. Many of her friends were already dead, murdered by insurgents.
This Iraqi interpreter for the U.S. ARMY knew she had to leave. Her life in jeopardy because she had spent the past three years helping those who had invaded her own country.
When she finally did flee, her problems were just beginning.
It all started with a phone call. On the other end, a man said, "I know who you are,... more
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If you were a college student at a university in Baghdad when the US-led invasion began, the job prospects upon graduating were not too hot. Many Iraqis took jobs as interpreters with the US forces; putting their lives, and those of their families at risk.
A departure from the typical media coverage of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," this pod tells the gut-wrenching story of a young Iraqi's struggle to make ends meet and stay alive. Eventually forced to flee the only home she had ever known, she set sights on a life in the US. But, what she didn't realize was once she left Iraq, the struggle would not soon be over.
She is one, but her story represents many.If you were a college student at a university in Baghdad when the US-led invasion... more
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As the fifth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom nears, the fabulists are again trying to weave their own version of the war. The latest myth is that the "surge" is working.As the fifth anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom nears, the fabulists are again... more
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This gives a little insight on why Soldiers do what they do - whether it's regular, every-day tasks or a fifteen month deployment to a hot, sandy country.This gives a little insight on why Soldiers do what they do - whether it's regular,... more
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