Bush Plans 'Second Surge' To Double Iraq Combat Troops

San Francisco Chronicle Stewart M. Powell May 22, 2007 08:48 AM

The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday.
The little-noticed second surge, designed to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq, is being executed by sending more combat brigades and extending tours of duty for troops already there.

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