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August 19, 2009

US to Expand Military Ops in Northern Iraq
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The news comes as the top US military commander in Iraq, General Ray
Odierno, has unveiled a plan to expand the US military occupation in
northern Iraq. Under Odierno’s proposal, US troops would operate with
Iraqi and Kurdish forces in Mosul and Kirkuk. The operations would
apparently violate the US commitment under SOFA to withdraw from Iraqi
cities and towns.



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