US: Unclear troop number remaining in Iraq cities

Source: AP

US: Unclear troop number remaining in Iraq cities

By CHELSEA J. CARTER – 7 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thirty days before the deadline to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Iraq's urban areas, it is still unknown how many troops will remain in cities as commanders determine their new roles, a U.S. general said Sunday.

The U.S. military has repeatedly said it will abide by the requirements of an U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, but has released little publicly about how it will meet the June 30 deadline or what the new distribution of its forces in Iraq will look like.

"It remains to be seen what the numbers will be," Army Brig. Gen. Keith Walker, commander of the Iraqi Assistance Group, told reporters during a briefing in Baghdad.

Under the security pact, American troops who train and advise Iraq's security forces will stay in the cities. Walker said commanders were working to determine the number of additional forces, including some combat troops, that would be added to training teams working in Iraq's urban areas.

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None Leaving.

that were renamed so they could call them non combat forces.

David

the troops will be in the cities, something will "happen" requiring the Iraqi forces to request U.S. help and out into the field they go once again.

rinse and repeat.

hope they don't get hit very hard in the crotch when the crutch is gone