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To: Suma who wrote (19894)	5/30/2006 3:06:51 PM
From: Suma	Respond to of 542125

U.S. moving 1,500 reserve troops to Iraq By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - U.S. military commanders are moving about 1,500 troops from a reserve force in Kuwait into the volatile Anbar province in western Iraq to help local authorities establish order there. The move, announced Tuesday by military commanders, comes as Iraqi officials continue to struggle to set up their government, amid new spikes in violence. The 1st Armored Division has had a brigade stationed in Kuwait for several months serving as a reserve force that could be called upon to augment the troops in Iraq. One of the brigade's battalions was sent to the Baghdad area in March to bolster security until a new national government was seated. The deployment comes at a time when the Bush administration is under heavy election-year pressure to begin drawing down the roughly 130,000 American troops in Iraq. The two battalions of 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, were sent after Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top U.S. commander in Iraq, requested and received authority to relocate the reserve force, after coordination with Iraq officials and Pentagon leaders. "The situation in Al Anbar Province is currently a challenge but is not representative of the overall security situation in Iraq," said Lt. Col. Michelle Martin-Hing, spokeswoman for Multi-National Corps-Iraq. The Anbar province is an insurgent hotbed stretching from west of Baghdad to the Syrian border. Anti-American sentiments have been strong in Anbar since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, which was dominated by the Sunni Arab minority. In a statement Tuesday, the military command in Iraq described the new deployment as short-term, but did not specify how long it would be. About 600 troops from the 2nd Brigade are in Baghdad, while the remainder are still in Kuwait. news.yahoo.com