Volume 54, Number 4 · March 15, 2007
The Surge
By Peter W. Galbraith
On January 10, 2007, President Bush presented his new Iraq plan in a nationally broadcast address from the White House library. 'The most urgent priority for success in Iraq,' he explained, 'is security, especially in Baghdad.' He announced that he was sending more than 20,000 additional troops to Baghdad and Anbar Province. Baghdad would be divided into nine districts and US forces would be embedded with the Iraqi army and police in each of those districts. These forces would monitor the Iraqi units operating in Baghdad, support them with additional firepower, and provide training.
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