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    The Iraq War troop surge of 2007, commonly known as the troop surge, or simply the surge, refers to the George W. Bush administration's 2007 increase in...
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  • Timeline of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 U.S. troop levels in Iraq are at 132,000. January 5, 2007: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker...
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    The withdrawal of the United States troops from Iraq began in December 2007 with the end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was mostly completed...
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  • Iraq War troop surge of 2007 (usually referred to as "The Surge"), the revised U.S. counter-insurgency strategy in the Iraq War Afghanistan War troop...
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    United States Forces – Iraq, on 1 January 2010. The Force was significantly reinforced during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. As of May 2011, all non-U...
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    Pelosi, Nancy; Reid, Harry (January 5, 2007). "Congressional Leaders Call on President to Reject Flawed Iraq Troop Surge". Archived from the original on January...
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    Iraq portal 2005 in Iraq 2006 in Iraq 2007 in Iraq 2008 in Iraq Abdul Sattar Abu Risha Al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) Iraq War troop surge...
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  • The Surge: A Military History is a military history by Kimberly Kagan about the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. The book describes events in Iraq starting...
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    Diyala campaign begins. Dec. 30: Execution of Saddam Hussein. January 10: The Iraq War troop surge of 2007 is announced. January 11: US raid on Iranian...
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  • timetable was dropped. Criticism of the Iraq War subsided after the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 led to a dramatic decrease in Iraqi violence. The Democratic-controlled...
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  • Peter Mansoor (category United States Army personnel of the Iraq War)
    executive officer to General David Petraeus during the Iraq War, particularly the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. He is a professor at the Ohio State University...
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    The plan would take troop numbers back to their level before the surge at the beginning of 2007. By March 2008, violence in Iraq was reportedly curtailed...
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    Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and during the spring fighting of 2008. On March 28, 2004, the US leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq...
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    invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat...
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    recommended a gradual drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq, with a goal of reaching pre-surge troop levels by July 2008. Troop reductions would continue past...
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    understanding of CEI. Thymmons proves his hypothesis with personal vignettes from his time as an infantry platoon leader during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. In...
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  • founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery Peter Mansoor, Palestinian American Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. Petraeus during Iraq War troop surge...
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    General David Petraeus. The Iraq War troop surge of 2007 was part of this "new way forward", which along with U.S. backing of Sunni groups it had previously...
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    Steven A. Boylan (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    Petraeus in the prosecution of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 from February, 2007 to September, 2008. After leaving Iraq, he became the public affairs...
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    Bill Kristol (category Chiefs of Staff to the Vice President of the United States)
    difference in the battle of Baghdad: American troops." This was one of the early calls for what became the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 four months later. In...
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  • 152nd Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Infantry regiments of the United States Army)
    and would participate in major clearing operations during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. Team Gator opened 8 new police stations in Al Anbar Province...
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  • troops from Iraq (2007–2011) Timeline of the Iraq War Timeline of the 2003 invasion of Iraq Timeline of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 Iraq disarmament timeline...
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    The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried...
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  • Iraqi poet. December 1 – Rassim al-Jumaili (born 1938), Iraqi comedian and actor, kidney failure. Iraq portal Iraq War Iraq War troop surge of 2007 CNN...
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    Anthony Zinni (category American anti–Iraq War activists)
    dangers of terrorism coming out of Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks of 2001, and for supporting the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. In October...
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    506th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    set the stage for the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 under General David Petraeus, the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry and the Iraqi Police conducted the first...
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    Bob Inglis (category Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina)
    Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (which earned him the nickname "Bailout Bob") and his opposition to the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and was portrayed as...
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  • Multi-National Division – Baghdad (category Multinational force involved in the Iraq War)
    and in the southeast near Rasheed Airfield. Following the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, most of the brigades' troops were dispersed at battalion- and company-level...
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  • East and was a prominent supporter of George W. Bush's Iraq War troop surge of 2007. At the time, Pence said "the surge is working" and defended the initial...
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    conservatives. Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard accused her of jettisoning the Bush Doctrine, including the Iraq War troop surge of 2007. Other conservatives...
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