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...decision by the Pentagon to swell the U.S. troop contingent in Iraq to 135,000 and make provision for more underscored the extent to which April's twin insurgent flare-ups had stretched the Coalition's combat capability. Allies willing to commit new troops are increasingly scarce, while U.S. officials report that as much as half of the Iraqi security forces recruited by the U.S. have proven to be unreliable against the insurgents. U.S. viceroy J. Paul Bremer on Tuesday said bluntly that such forces won't be in a position to ensure Iraq's security after the planned transfer...
...formation of the Houston Institute is the latest in a string of efforts by Ogletree to combat racial inequality in America...
...heels and try to maintain a foreign policy based on a grossly undermanned U.S. military. The key question isn't whether the 1st Cavalry Division is going to get run out of Baghdad--it's not. The key question is, if you've got 70% of your combat battalions in the U.S. Army deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea and elsewhere, can you maintain this kind of muscular presence in that many places? The answer is no. But if we take action now to increase the size of the Army by 80,000 soldiers, we'll be able to handle...
...some Army special forces--along with 2,000 Iraqi security troops and about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi commandos--began debriding Fallujah of its guerrillas as part of Operation Vigilant Resolve. In the first five days of fighting alone, as many as 300 civilians died in block-to-block combat, according to doctors at Fallujah's main hospital. "It's 17th century tactics," says Staff Sergeant Michael Ventrone, a Marine inside Fallujah. "It's under siege...
Thousands of battle-hardened American men and women will emerge from the war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq and be the better for their undertaking. Combat changes a person's perspective, priorities and motivation. After one experiences armed conflict, petty concerns that once seemed to be of the greatest importance can rightfully turn into mundane annoyances. Soon those brave Americans will come home and begin reshaping their country. Calling on past experiences, they will set aside trivial issues and do what is right for all Americans, not unlike the generation that fought in World War II. J. SCOTT BOWMAN...