Rumsfeld: More U.S. Troops for Iraq Not Essential (Reuters)

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Rumsfeld: More U.S. Troops for Iraq Not
Essential

Rumsfeld: More U.S. Troops for Iraq Not
Essential 06/27/2004 09:43 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 27 2004 1:41PM GMT

Rumsfeld Tells U.S. Troops in Iraq They
Can Win (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Tells U.S. Troops in Iraq They
Can Win (Reuters) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit to Iraq on Friday, seeing victims of a suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Mosul and troops who stormed the city of Falluja last month.

Rumsfeld: U.S. Troops Can Leave Before
Iraq Peaceful (Reuters)

Rumsfeld: U.S. Troops Can Leave Before
Iraq Peaceful (Reuters) 09/24/2004 02:04 PM
Reuters - The United States does not have to wait until Iraq "is peaceful and perfect" before it begins to withdraw military troops from that troubled country, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday.

Rumsfeld Tells U.S. Troops in Iraq They
Can Win

Rumsfeld Tells U.S. Troops in Iraq They
Can Win 12/24/2004 12:17 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2004 3:29PM GMT

Rumsfeld: U.S. Troops Can Leave Before
Iraq Peaceful

Rumsfeld: U.S. Troops Can Leave Before
Iraq Peaceful 09/24/2004 05:34 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 24 2004 8:51PM GMT

Rumsfeld Arrives in Bangladesh,
Discusses Iraq Troops

Rumsfeld Arrives in Bangladesh,
Discusses Iraq Troops 06/05/2004 10:18 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 5 2004 1:44PM GMT

Rumsfeld Visits Troops Near
Afghan-Pakistan Border (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Visits Troops Near
Afghan-Pakistan Border (Reuters) 04/13/2005 06:45 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Afghanistan Wednesday and inspected U.S. military efforts to win friends in a former Taliban stronghold near the Pakistan border.

Rumsfeld Calls for 'Realistic'
Expectations on Iraq (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Calls for 'Realistic'
Expectations on Iraq (Reuters) 06/04/2004 02:47 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday called for more "realistic" expectations on the road toward democracy in Iraq, saying the prisoner abuse scandal had overshadowed progress in the country.

Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
(Reuters)

Rumsfeld Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
(Reuters) 05/13/2004 04:59 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq on Thursday as the United States struggled to quell criticism over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American military guards.

Rumsfeld Warns Iraq Against Purges,
Corruption (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Warns Iraq Against Purges,
Corruption (Reuters) 04/12/2005 06:19 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Iraq's new leaders Tuesday against political purges or favoritism that could lead to charges of corruption and sap confidence in the yet-to-be formed government.

Rumsfeld Raises Prospect of Limited Iraq
Elections (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Raises Prospect of Limited Iraq
Elections (Reuters) 09/23/2004 03:34 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday raised the possibility that Iraq could conduct only limited elections in January, excluding places where violence was considered too severe for people to go to polls.

Rumsfeld May Widen Scope of Iraq Abuse
Probe (Reuters)

Rumsfeld May Widen Scope of Iraq Abuse
Probe (Reuters) 06/10/2004 02:53 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may widen the investigation into abuses of Iraqi prisoners to include top military ranks, and has also ordered that he be told about the death of any prisoner in U.S. military custody, officials said on Thursday.

Rumsfeld May Extend Scope of Iraq Abuse
Probe (Reuters)

Rumsfeld May Extend Scope of Iraq Abuse
Probe (Reuters) 06/10/2004 08:22 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may move to extend the investigation of abuses of Iraqi prisoners to include top military ranks, defense officials said on Thursday.

Money from Iran Fuels Iraq Insurgency
-Rumsfeld (Reuters)

Money from Iran Fuels Iraq Insurgency
-Rumsfeld (Reuters) 09/08/2004 01:30 AM
Reuters - Money and people channeled from Iran fuel the insurgency in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Rumsfeld Says Iraq Killings Reflect
Human Nature (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Says Iraq Killings Reflect
Human Nature (Reuters) 02/10/2004 06:53 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asked about Tuesday's car bombing in Iraq that killed about 50 people, said there are murders in every major city in the world "because human beings are human beings."

Rumsfeld Approved Iraq Interrogation
Plan -Report (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Approved Iraq Interrogation
Plan -Report (Reuters) 05/15/2004 02:37 PM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved a plan that brought unconventional interrogation methods to Iraq to gain intelligence about the growing insurgency, ultimately leading to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, the New Yorker magazine reported on Saturday.

Reuters, NBC Staff Abused by U.S. Troops
in Iraq (Reuters)

Reuters, NBC Staff Abused by U.S. Troops
in Iraq (Reuters) 05/18/2004 02:51 PM
Reuters - U.S. forces beat three Iraqis working for Reuters and subjected them to sexual and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention last January in a military camp near Falluja, the three said Tuesday.

Rumsfeld Issued Order to Hide Iraq
Detainee -Report (Reuters)

Rumsfeld Issued Order to Hide Iraq
Detainee -Report (Reuters) 06/17/2004 02:02 AM
Reuters - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered at least one inmate of an Iraqi detention center to be kept off the prison's rolls, The New York Times reported on Thursday, effectively making the prisoner a so-called "ghost detainee."

U.S. to Keep 138,000 Troops in Iraq
Through 2005 (Reuters)

U.S. to Keep 138,000 Troops in Iraq
Through 2005 (Reuters) 05/04/2004 05:04 PM
Reuters - The United States, faced with growing military casualties in Iraq, announced on Tuesday that it was scrapping a plan to reduce its forces and would keep about 138,000 troops in that country through at least the end of 2005.

McCain Says U.S. Needs 10,000 More
Troops in Iraq (Reuters)

McCain Says U.S. Needs 10,000 More
Troops in Iraq (Reuters) 04/22/2004 01:24 PM
Reuters - The United States needs at least 10,000 more troops in Iraq and must curb domestic spending to pay for the war, John McCain, a Republican senator and former rival of President Bush, said on Thursday.

Russia Will Help Iraq Via Trade Not
Troops (Reuters)

Russia Will Help Iraq Via Trade Not
Troops (Reuters) 07/24/2004 09:53 AM
Reuters - Russia said on Saturday it had no intention of contributing troops to the U.S.-led force in Iraq, but was prepared to help by developing trade and easing debt burdens.

Kerry Foresees No More U.S. Troops for
Iraq (Reuters)

Kerry Foresees No More U.S. Troops for
Iraq (Reuters) 08/01/2004 04:41 PM
Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said on Sunday he did not anticipate sending more American troops to Iraq and hoped to bring "significant numbers" home during his first term.

Kerry Envisions No More U.S. Troops for
Iraq (Reuters)

Kerry Envisions No More U.S. Troops for
Iraq (Reuters) 08/01/2004 08:37 AM
Reuters - Democratic White House challenger John Kerry said on Sunday he did not anticipate sending more American troops to Iraq and promised a fresh start with U.S. allies "burned" by President Bush.

Four U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Violence
(Reuters)

Four U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Violence
(Reuters) 05/30/2004 01:29 AM
Reuters - Three U.S. Marines were killed in action in the volatile al-Anbar province west of Baghdad on Saturday, while a U.S. Army soldier was killed in a separate mortar attack several days earlier, the U.S. military said.

Britain Seen Reinforcing Troops in Iraq
(Reuters)

Britain Seen Reinforcing Troops in Iraq
(Reuters) 05/27/2004 04:29 AM
Reuters - Britain is to reinforce its troops in Iraq, with up to 800 extra soldiers going to the UK-controlled southern region, a military source said on Thursday.

U.S. Set to Shift 3,600 Troops to Iraq
from S.Korea (Reuters)

U.S. Set to Shift 3,600 Troops to Iraq
from S.Korea (Reuters) 08/02/2004 06:22 AM
Reuters - A brigade of 3,600 U.S. troops prepared Monday to depart for Iraq from their base near South Korea's border with communist North Korea, officials said.

Three U.S. Troops Killed in Action in
Iraq (Reuters)

Three U.S. Troops Killed in Action in
Iraq (Reuters) 07/21/2004 12:59 AM
Reuters - Two U.S. army soldiers and one marine have been killed in action in Iraq's Anbar province west of Baghdad in the past two days, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.

No Pakistan Troops for Iraq for Now
-Musharraf (Reuters)

No Pakistan Troops for Iraq for Now
-Musharraf (Reuters) 08/10/2004 01:52 AM
Reuters - President Pervez Musharraf has ruled out sending Pakistani troops to Iraq for now, despite repeated requests from the interim government there, but he said the option had not been ruled out forever.

Honduras to Pull Troops Soon from Iraq
(Reuters)

Honduras to Pull Troops Soon from Iraq
(Reuters) 04/19/2004 09:53 PM
Reuters - In a blow to President Bush and his coalition partners in Iraq, Honduras on Monday followed Spain in announcing it will pull its troops out of the country.

Clashes in Iraq; Powell Says U.S. Troops
to Stay (Reuters)

Clashes in Iraq; Powell Says U.S. Troops
to Stay (Reuters) 05/16/2004 08:57 PM
Reuters - U.S. and Italian troops fought Shi'ite militia in at least two towns in southern Iraq on Sunday and Italy urged Washington to show restraint and work out a plan for the occupation forces to leave the country.

Roadside Bomb Kills Two U.S. Troops in
Iraq (Reuters)

Roadside Bomb Kills Two U.S. Troops in
Iraq (Reuters) 02/19/2004 08:10 AM
Reuters - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi west of Baghdad on Thursday in the latest of a series of guerrilla attacks that have made February the bloodiest month in Iraq since the war.

At Least 20 U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq
Jail Attack (Reuters)

At Least 20 U.S. Troops Wounded in Iraq
Jail Attack (Reuters) 04/02/2005 03:20 PM
Reuters - Dozens of insurgents attacked Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad on Saturday, detonating two suicide car bombs and firing rocket-propelled grenades at U.S. forces before the assault was repelled, the U.S. military said.

US Expects Iraq Troops to Stay, Would Go
if Asked (Reuters)

US Expects Iraq Troops to Stay, Would Go
if Asked (Reuters) 05/14/2004 08:58 PM
Reuters - U.S. forces are expected to remain in Iraq after a June 30 transfer of sovereignty, but would leave in the unlikely event they were asked to go by an interim government, the White House said on Friday.

Insurgents in Iraq Kill 7 Iraqis, 4 U.S.
Troops (Reuters)

Insurgents in Iraq Kill 7 Iraqis, 4 U.S.
Troops (Reuters) 08/03/2004 06:17 PM
Reuters - Insurgents launched a wave of attacks in Iraq, killing six Iraqi national guardsmen in a suicide car bombing and four U.S. soldiers in separate incidents in Baghdad and the volatile west of the country.

Bush: U.S. Troops Face Serious
Challenges in Iraq (Reuters)

Bush: U.S. Troops Face Serious
Challenges in Iraq (Reuters) 05/01/2004 10:28 AM
Reuters - A year after declaring major combat over in Iraq, President Bush said on Saturday that U.S. forces still face serious challenges there but that daily life is improving for Iraqis in many ways.

Poland to Pull Troops from Iraq at End
of Year (Reuters)

Poland to Pull Troops from Iraq at End
of Year (Reuters) 04/12/2005 06:19 AM
Reuters - Poland's government decided on Tuesday to withdraw its troops from Iraq at the end of 2005, making official an earlier proposal, Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski said.

Pentagon Doubts Iraq Will Ask U.S.
Troops to Leave (Reuters)

Pentagon Doubts Iraq Will Ask U.S.
Troops to Leave (Reuters) 02/19/2004 06:08 PM
Reuters - The Pentagon expressed confidence on Thursday that a new sovereign Iraqi government will agree to the continued presence of U.S. forces, but said how long American troops will remain there is "unknowable."

UK Troops Set to Stay in Iraq Until 2006
- Report (Reuters)

UK Troops Set to Stay in Iraq Until 2006
- Report (Reuters) 03/26/2005 05:36 AM

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U.S. Troops Kill Two in Fierce Iraq
Clashes (Reuters)

U.S. Troops Kill Two in Fierce Iraq
Clashes (Reuters) 08/29/2004 05:15 AM
Reuters - Insurgents armed with rocket propelled grenades fought fierce clashes with U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq on Sunday that wounded 35 Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire, police on the scene said.
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