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November 9, 2009

Report: Obama to Send 34,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
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The Mc Clatchy Newspapers report President Obama is nearing a decision
to send 34,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan next year. Under the
proposed plan, the first additional combat brigade would arrive in
Afghanistan next March, with the other three following at roughly
three-month intervals. On Sunday, Army chief of staff, General George
Casey, said the troops are needed in Afghanistan.

Gen. George Casey: "I believe that we need to put additional forces into
Afghanistan to give General Mc Chrystal the ability to both dampen the
successes of the Taliban while we train the Afghan security forces.”

In other news from Afghanistan, a NATO air strike on Friday reportedly
killed seven members of the Afghan security forces. The incident marks
one of the worst cases of friendly fire in the course of the eight-year
war.



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