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To: coug who wrote (2668)	7/2/2003 3:15:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

:-) Truth is often stranger than fiction. Speaking of fiction, I've got to get my kids to the library, so they can check out some more of that. Plus there is some sort of craft this afternoon.

To: coug who wrote (2668)	7/2/2003 3:26:55 PM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

It all smells fishy> More troops to Iraq?> (on another thread - posted today...t) (Reuters) - The U.S. administrator in Iraq is asking for more American troops and civilians to speed restoration of order and public services, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Wednesday, but a Pentagon official denied the report. The newspaper, quoting unnamed U.S. officials, said Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was reviewing a request submitted by Paul Bremer amid escalating anti-American sentiment and attacks on U.S. forces. A senior Pentagon official, who asked not to be identified, denied that Bremer had asked for more troops to restore order and stem attacks. But he also told Reuters in Washington that Army Gen. John Abizaid, who will take charge of the U.S. Central Command next week, was studying whether to add forces, reposition them or use different types of troops. "There has been no such request." the official said. "There are still remnants that are going to try to do harm to our forces. And there are still going to be causalities. The other side is if you put more troops in, you put more targets in there." There are currently about 146,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and about 12,000 British and other allied soldiers. The official noted that more than 30 other countries had either already committed or promised additional forces to help stabilize Iraq. He did not specify the numbers promised. On Wednesday, an American soldier died of wounds suffered in an attack in Baghdad while Iraqis vowed to wage holy war against U.S. occupying forces after a deadly blast near a mosque west of the capital. The soldier's death brought to 23 the number of U.S. servicemen killed in hostile fire since President Bush declared major combat operations over on May 1. The Inquirer, a major U.S. daily, said Bremer had asked for dozens of civilian officials to make up for a shortage of skilled Iraqi administrators who were not closely affiliated with the regime of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. A U.S. official told the newspaper that more troops were needed as a "stop gap measure" until international peacekeepers start to arrive. None of the officials the Inquirer quoted said how many additional soldiers Bremer had requested. asia.reuters.com.