Friday, December 01, 2006
1,600 U.S. troops moved to Baghdad
Security
The U.S. military plans to move at least three more battalions of soldiers into Baghdad in an attempt to restore security in the Iraqi capital, a senior Pentagon official said. An Army official said about 1,600 troops will be involved. Some of the troops are already in the Baghdad area and will be moved into the city. Other troops will be moved from areas where it is relatively more peaceful -- such as northern Iraq where there are Stryker battalions -- the Pentagon official said. The Pentagon official said the troops will not include Marines based in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, where there has been fighting along the Euphrates River corridor between troops and insurgents. The troop shifts won't require an increase in total forces in the country, the official said.
