U.S. to Send More Troops, Official Says
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From Times Wire Reports
U.S. military commanders are sending several hundred additional troops to Iraq to bolster security as a new government takes shape in Baghdad, a defense official said.
The extra troops are from a 1st Armored Division battalion that has been stationed in Kuwait as a reserve force.
Details of the movement, including timing, were not immediately available.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because it had not been publicly announced.
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