U.S. moves 1,500 troops into Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military has moved 1,500 troops from Kuwait into Iraq to beef up security in troubled Anbar province, the military said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Terrorists and insurgents have control of parts of Anbar, Iraq's largest province, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said last week.
"The situation in al Anbar province is currently a challenge but is not representative of the overall security situation in Iraq, which continues to improve as the Iraqi Security Forces increasingly take the lead," Lt. Col. Michelle Martin-Hing, a military spokesperson, said Tuesday.
The U.S. announcement said the deployment would be "short-term."
There are roughly 133,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.