05-03-2008, 02:56 PM
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| U.S. weighs thousands more troops for Afghan war: " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon is considering sending up to 7,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year to make up for a shortfall in contributions from NATO allies, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
The increase would likely result in "the re-Americanization" of the war, one U.S. official said, according to the Times. U.S. forces would then account for two-thirds of foreign troops in Afghanistan, it said. U.S. weighs thousands more troops for Afghan war: paper - Yahoo! News |
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