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2008-01-30 Iraq

New commander's Baghdad strategy: 'preserve gains'

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-01-30 12:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Lest anyone read "prevent defense" into that headline, I pulled this quote:
"I am pushing us further, I am extending our reach further than it is now and to be less predictable ... we are not sitting back on the laurels of the successes of our predecessors. That would be a big mistake"

Posted by eLarson 2008-01-30 16:38|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2008-01-30 16:38|| Front Page Top

#2 See STRATEGYPAGE > BEING FRIENDLY/FRIENDS WITH THE ENEMY. The mostly Sunni PSF units doing a lot to help US milfors keep Baghad-Iraq secure, reduce oppors for new insurgent attacks.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-30 22:00|| 2008-01-30 22:00|| Front Page Top

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