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...violence is escalating as Patraeus, the architect of the nine-month military "surge" involving some 30,000 extra troops in Iraq, prepares for a scheduled Apr. 8 and 9 report to congress on his progress in Iraq. They also come as he and Defense Secretary Robert Gates waffle over whether to withdraw five combat brigades by July, reducing troop levels down from about 158,000 to 140,000 - the pre-surge peak. If the fighting spreads to other southern cities and attacks by Shi'ite militias increase, intra-Shiite violence may be the wrench that jams the whole works...
...When the Division Commander, Major General Patraeus came by late in the afternoon he seemed to have come too much the same conclusion. "It is time to stop dipping around the edges," he said, "and jump into the pool." Tomorrow the 2-327 Battalion and its sister units will push deeper into the city and possibly determine once and for all who owns...
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