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America meditates upon troop drawdown in Iraq?

Washington, USA - This week the meeting of Generals Abizaid and Casey with President Bush

The US Defense Secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, announced in December that in 2006 there would have been troops level cuts in Iraq up to 7000 soldiers. Just this week, General John Abizaid, commander of the US military’s Central Command, is supposed to discuss the potential troop drawdown with President George Bush and General George Casey, the top commander in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s announcement was doubted las...

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