fbi announces insurgency was pre planned

Their triumph was powered by an American electorate that many believe have lost patience with the conflict. Rumsfeld resigned last month after Democrats swept elections to win control of the House and Senate next year. combat troops by early 2008, increasing military training for Iraqis and including Iran and Syria in regional efforts to end the violence. It produced recommendations that include phasing out most U.S. Gates went to Iraq earlier this year as a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission that spent nine months assessing the situation in Iraq. forces and accelerating the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces. Bush is considering choices ranging from a short-term surge of thousands of troops to bring the escalating violence in Baghdad and Anbar province under control, to removing combat U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, the conflict now involves insurgents and bloodshed between Sunnis and Shiites that seems on the cusp of civil war. More than three-and-a-half years after the U.S. Gates' trip to Iraq comes with the Bush administration under intense pressure from Congress and the American public to sort through options for a war that has caused the deaths of more than 2,940 U.S. It was not clear whether the announcements were timed to coincide with Gates' visit. 14 and that security responsibilities in Iraq's southern Najaf province were handed over to Iraqi forces earlier Wednesday. military in Iraq announced that a senior al Qaeda leader had been arrested in Mosul on Dec. to increase the number of American advisers for Iraqi security forces. Extra forces would also make it easier for the U.S. troops currently in Iraq to try to control surging violence in Baghdad and the unabated Sunni insurgency in Anbar province. Bush is considering is buttressing the 140,000 U.S. Gates and the generals did not cite any figures or timetables for a possible troop increase.Īmong the proposals Mr. 'All options are on the table,' said Abizaid.

'I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea, but what I want to see happen is when, if we do bring more American troops here, they help us progress to our strategic objectives,' Casey said. troops, Casey repeated his concern that additional troops have to be for a particular reason. with shortages of fresh troops in the future.Īsked at a news briefing about a possible surge of U.S. commanders have been wary of even a short-term troop increase, saying it might only bring a temporary respite to the violence while confronting the U.S. Ray Odierno, in charge of day-to-day operations in Iraq.Ībizaid and Casey have both raised questions in the past about the value of sending thousands of extra troops into Iraq, where violence has been rising in recent months. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq and Army Lt. Gates spoke to reporters after meeting with commanders, including Army Gen.

Fbi announces insurgency was pre planned