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Military recommends strategy change
in Iraq for Bush
WASHINGTON.— The U.S. military high command has
privately recommended to President George W. Bush
that he change the principal military mission in
Iraq from fighting the resistance to training Iraqis
and arresting terrorists, reports The Washington
Post.
The
recommendation was given yesterday to President Bush
and Vice President Dick Cheney in the framework of a
meeting at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, as part of a process of consultations to
evaluate a change in strategy.
Sources quoted by the daily stated that the U.S.
military representatives did not offer anything
dramatically new, but a pragmatic diagnosis of what
it is possible to achieve in a military context in
Iraq given that country’s internal situation.
Among the proposals, the military command does not
favor a significant increase in the number of
troops, but the strengthening of the Iraqi army with
the aim of securing more stability in the country.
The military personnel also suggested, according to
The Washington Post, increasing U.S.
activities with respect to supporting economic
reconstruction and political reconciliation in Iraq.
(Notimex)
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