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The number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq has been reduced as a result of dramatically lower violence there, said Pentagon officials.
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Approximately 4,000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division have seen there scheduled withdrawal from the region accelerated. American commanders have stated that more brigades are needed to support a growing insurgency in Afghanistan. Those support forces and when they arrive will depend on further withdrawals from Iraq.
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According to Pentagon officials, there have been lesser “security incidents†while the number of U.S. troop casualties have fallen to their lowest numbers in Iraq since July.
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