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ال يخطّط تخفيض في الرقم من [أوس] قوات في العراق أن يكون وضعت على سيطرة, ال [أوس] دفاع سكرتيرة, روبرت بوابات, يشار اليوم.

تحت خطة يبدى بجنرال دايفيد [بتريوس], الأعلى [أوس] كان قائدة في العراق, واشنطن قد خطّط أن ينسحب خمسة من ال 20 ألويات في البلد بيوليو-تمّوز.

أكثر مؤخّرا, مهما, دعا [بتريوس] ل "فترة التقييم" أن يقدّم التأثير صدمة من هذا حركة - اقتراح أنّ يتلقّى الآن يكون ساعدت ب [غتس].

"يجعل فترة موجزة من تعزيز وتقييم على الأرجح إحساس," الدفاع سكرتيرة يقال, يضيف أنّ الطول من التقييم كان "واحدة من الأشياء نحن يكون بعد نفكّر حول".

تباين تحذيره مع ملاحظات هو جعل إلى قوات في بغداد بالأمس.

“What a difference you made – al-Qaida routed, insurgents co-opted, levels of violence of all kinds dramatically reduced,” he told them.

“The situation in Iraq continues to remain fragile, but the Iraqi people now have an opportunity to forge a better, more secure, more prosperous future.”

Last year, the US president, George Bush, ordered five additional army brigades to Iraq as part of a “surge” in troop numbers.

One of those brigades left in December. The other four are due to withdraw by July, leaving 15 brigades – around 130,000 troops — the same number as pre surge levels.

Yesterday, Gates said Iraq’s political leaders faced hard choices about how to stabilise the country, but praised them for showing recent signs of progress towards reconciliation.

“They seem to have become energised over the last few weeks,” he added.

He said he would ask Iraqi politicians to assess the prospects for other measures including a law that would spell out power-sharing between the provinces and the national government.

Yesterday, insurgent attacks killed at least 50 people across northern Iraq.

Today, Reuters reported that two car bombs had exploded in southern Baghdad, killing at least two people and wounding five others.

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