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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: tekboy who wrote (112209)8/25/2003 1:32:25 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Bogged Down in Iraq, US Encounters Limits to Military Power

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Published on Sunday, August 24, 2003 by the Agence France Presse

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<<..."Our army is tapped out," said Kenneth Pollack, an expert at the Brookings Institution, who believes stabilizing Iraq will require double the US troops now in Iraq.

Nearly half the army's 33 combat brigades are already in Iraq, said military analyst Michael O'Hanlon. With other commitments in Korea, Afghanistan and the Balkans, only a dozen combat brigades are available for deployment, and most of those are preparing for duty in Iraq, he says.

Top army generals also have warned that their forces are stretched thin, short on infantry and military police -- precisely the kinds of troops that are most needed in places like Iraq...>>
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