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Marine Corps Moves to Take Lead Role in Afghanistan« Thread

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Marine Corps Moves to Take Lead Role in Afghanistan« Thread Started on Oct 12, 2007, 10:45am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marine Corps Moves to Take Lead Role in AfghanistanOfficials Anticipating Branch's Withdrawal From Iraq's Anbar Province, Want Command of EffortBy Ann Scott TysonWashington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 11, 2007; Page A11 read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... sletterThe Marine Corps is making a bid to take over the command and primary mission of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, anticipating a gradual withdrawal of its troops from Iraq's western province of Anbar, senior military and Pentagon officials said. The proposal, discussed at senior levels of the Pentagon last week, would have the Marine Corps replace the Army as the lead U.S. force in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops number more than 25,000 and make up the largest contingent of the NATO-led force there. No major Marine Corps combat units are deployed to Afghanistan, although recently Marine special operations units have served there. TOOLBOXResize TextSave/Share + DiggNewsvinedel.icio.usStumble It!RedditFacebook Print This E-mail This COMMENT washingtonpost.com readers have posted 16 comments about this item.View All Comments »POST A COMMENTYou must be logged in to leave a comment. Log in | Register Discussion PolicyDiscussion Policy CLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, announced the withdrawal of 2,200 Marines from Anbar last month as the first element of a drawdown of approximately 21,700 combat troops scheduled to exit Iraq by July 2008. There are about 25,000 Marines in Anbar, out of 169,000 total U.S. troops in Iraq. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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