Bush authorizes cuts to U.S. troops in Iraq
President Bush approved reductions in combat forces in Iraq, aiming to dip below the 138,000 baseline by spring 2006. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld stated as two brigades would not deploy, shrinking Iraq’s combat brigades from 17 to 15. Further reductions could follow in 2006 after the new Iraqi government is formed.
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U N Rejects Call for Independent Review of Elections
Iraqi factions urged a UN review of alleged voting fraud after preliminary results favored the United Iraqi Alliance. The UN said it would not conduct an independent vote review, as Allawi and secular Shiites warned of marginalization and possible boycott of the new parliament.
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