According to this article, this is the 3rd Surge brigade and 2 more are scheduled to leave Iraq soon. Seemingly there has been almost no news coverage on this major story.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A "surge" brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the U.S. military said Monday.
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers walk away from a helicopter in a wheat field near Baghdad last week
About 3,500 soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team will go back to Fort Benning, Georgia, over the next few weeks. It is the third surge brigade to leave Iraq, as planned, and two more are scheduled to leave by the end of July.
The U.S. troop increase in 2007, referred to as the surge, was designed to take on the insurgency in and around Baghdad and provide stability for Iraqi politicians to develop legislation and reach accommodation on key national issues.
"The continued drawdown of surge brigades demonstrates continued progress in Iraq," said Gen. Dan Allyn, chief of staff of Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
The troops went to Iraq in March 2007 to fight insurgents near Baghdad, east of the Diyala River.
The soldiers improved security, captured more than 600 insurgents, found many weapons, helped lower the number of attacks, assisted merchants in reopening shops and aided the local government authorities, the military said.
"I'd say we achieved mission success," said Col. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., brigade commander.
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Was it not on Fox News, I never watch that so I wouldn't know!!
Has the Daily Kos, HuffyPost, Truthout.org, MoveOn.org?
No WMDs were found in Iraq - we looked. But isn't it nice to know that we've been to all the nuclear sites and no material remains? I sleep better at night knowing that.
No Osama - but we're still looking.
We found Saddam though, so Osama will turn up eventually - dead or alive.
But will it really matter then?
1 million Iraqis, Tony? Explain.
Are these all the displaced Iraqis from the war?
If you're looking for the total number of DEAD Iraqis, you can find it here :
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Thanks for the 1. It shows all the class I've come to expect from you. LOL
Petraeus has now reversed himself three times since his Senate testimony.
When Carl Levin objected to the "No Exit Strategy", Petraeus contradicted his earlier testimony, and then offered another scenario.
It is impossible for anyone, journalist or interested citizen, to decode what level of troop strength is going to be in Iraq at the end of June.
The stumbling is disastrous for the US, although revealing of the historic duplicity of thsi failed administration.
The "surge" as announced a year ago, was no temporary measure to create room to manuever for the Iraqui government.
It was a disguised escalation as spun by Dear Leader Bush II and his flunky, Petraeus.
No "benchmarks" were fully achieved by September, and desperate Republicans have been trying to make the failed Iraqi venture look good while making some concession to rising (over 65% in the latest Rasmussen poll) demands for an immediate or one year deadline for withdrawal.
Love to see how this continues to play out for John "100 Years of War" McCain.
I've already served my country............have you?
I'm too old now - they don't usually take anyone over 42...............or so I was told by my recruiter buddy.
My son joined the military against my objections. Just proves he's old enough to do whatever he wants to. I'm proud to have him defend this country...............meanwhile, you denegrate his service.
You should be ashamed, but you aren't.
That just proves that callous Left Wing jerks have overrun the system. Like we all didn't know THAT............
I think you know that you're misusing the "100 years in Iraq" quote, don't you?
Honestly, I'd like to hear a lot more about troops coming home, and less about the Hillary/Obama cat fight.