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4,000 U.S. Soldiers Arrive in Baghdad

May- 2-2007 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

This is the first mention of the 4/2 SBCT we've seen since it deployed. According to the article the 4/2 will operate in Baghdad and northern Iraq.

By HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - Bombings and shootings killed 10 people Wednesday, including three Sunni brothers who were shot to death in Baghdad, and nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers arrived in the capital as a crackdown aimed at quelling the sectarian violence entered its 12th week.

The security efforts come as President Bush is engaged in a fierce debate with the Democratic-led Congress over the war in Iraq. Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate. [...]

Iraq and U.S. officials have been cautiously optimistic about the joint operation in Baghdad that began on Feb. 14 but stressed it was still in its early stages as all the American troops being sent as reinforcements were not expected to be in place until early June.

The U.S. military said Wednesday that the fourth of five brigades being sent to help Iraqi security forces as part of the crackdown had arrived this week.

The 4th Brigade, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., which includes about 3,700 soldiers, will be deployed in the Baghdad area and in northern Iraq, the military said. Officials want the rest in place by June, for a total of 160,000. [...]


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