U.S. Army weighs more combat units for Iraq: report

by Actual News Geezer | September 25, 2006 at 05:49 am

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Bad timing for US President George Bush. With midterm election campaigners deployed in full battle gear, the specter of calling up more troops to Iraq cannot be welcome for most Republicans seeking reelection.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is considering whether to add more combat units to the rotation plan to meet a top commander's decision to keep more than 140,000 troops in the country until at least mid-2007, The Washington Times reported on Monday.

The Army also is considering accelerating the deployments for some brigades in a move to try to stop sectarian violence among Sunnis and Shi'ites in Baghdad, the newspaper reported, citing Pentagon officials.

"It may accelerate the pace of deployments or it may mean looking at calling up additional units," a Pentagon official who asked not to be named told the newspaper.