According to this report at
news.com.au, the US is preparing to escalate its military presence in Iraq:
Two extra US battalions to Iraq
August 24, 2005
THE Pentagon plans to deploy two additional battalions to Iraq amid rising insurgent attacks ahead of an anticipated referendum on a constitution, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
"We very likely will be announcing a temporary increase in forces in Iraq in anticipation of the October 15th. So at some point, we'll be notifying people and taking that forward," he said.
Asked how many troops could be involved, he said between 1000 and 2000 soldiers.
Admiral Edmund Giambastiana, the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it would be two battalions.
Supposedly this is a "temporary" increase. We'll see. I'm still waiting to see a report on this story in the US corporate media.
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