USA: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says putting more troops on Baghdad streets has reduced violence.

Record ID: 184798

  • Title: USA: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says putting more troops on Baghdad streets has reduced violence.
  • Date: 26th August 2006
  • Summary: ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 25, 2006) (REUTERS -- ACCESS ALL) IRAQ DEPUTY PRESIDENT ADIL ABD AL-MAHDI EMERGING FROM AUTOMOBILE AND BEING GREETED OUTSIDE THE PENTAGON BY U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD IRAQ DEPUTY PRESIDENT ADIL ABD AL-MAHDI AND U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD WALKING INTO THE PENTAGON
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2006 13:00
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA8611GGNC4DBFKPK0YKUQ7Q4FG
  • Story Text: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Friday (August 25, 2006) that putting more troops into the streets of Baghdad was reducing sectarian and insurgent violence but rejected any suggestion that a beefed-up U.S. presence might be a durable solution.
    "It does do it for a period," he said of deploying more U.S. forces. "But the important thing is to have the entire process go forward -- political, economic as well as the security."
    Rumsfeld was responding to reporters' questions on the steps of the Pentagon as he bid farewell to the visiting deputy president of Iraq, Adil Abd Al-Mahdi. About 138,000 U.S. troops are currently in Iraq.
    Earlier in the day, a U.S. ground commander said violent attacks in Baghdad had plunged since the United States sent troop reinforcements this month. Murders were down in the Ameriyah area of western Baghdad, a particularly tense neighborhood, nearly 90 percent compared with the month before, said U.S. Army Col. Robert Scurlock, who commands the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.
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