The occupation of two countries can be such a bother!
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Clyde
6:34 AM
No troop 'surge' for Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ruled out a large "surge" of U.S. forces in Afghanistan but said Friday that a small number of additional troops were needed to counter increasing violence and train Afghan forces.
"You're talking about probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,500 troops," Gates said. "So it's not like moving 100,000 troops from one place to the other or something like that."
Commanders in Afghanistan, seeking to augment the 26,000 U.S. troops in the country, have asked for 3,500 police trainers and about 3,000 combat troops in addition to more helicopters and pilots and some smaller units.
Gates has been pressuring Washington's North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for more troops for the Afghan mission.
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