And: Army Is Planning for 100,000 G.I.'s in Iraq Till 2006
Army Is Planning for 100,000 G.I.'s in Iraq Till 2006
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: November 22, 2003
ASHINGTON, Nov. 21 — Army planning for Iraq currently assumes keeping about 100,000 United States troops there through early 2006, a senior Army officer said Friday. The plans reflect the concerns of some Army officials that stabilizing Iraq could be more difficult than originally planned.
The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, warned that maintaining a force of that size in Iraq beyond then would cause the Army to "really start to feel the pain" from stresses on overtaxed active-duty, Reserve and National Guard troops.
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