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Thursday, March 06, 2008

2,000 U.S. 'surge' troops leaving Iraq

Yes, we can! More bad news for the defeat-o-crats.

BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Some 2,000 U.S. soldiers are being withdrawn from Baghdad as part of a planned reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday. "I can state that (they) are leaving and there is no replacement brigade combat team coming in," U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Stover told Reuters.

Last November, the first brigade, totalling about 3,000 soldiers, was sent home from Iraq without being replaced.