HEADLINES
I find it to be a good exercise to take a few moments to review what many media sources are reporting about a particular subject. The result is still a smattering of snapshots, but it can produce an interesting montage of big and small pictures which complement one another in subject and context.
This is a collection of news reports collected by the Military Times press organization this morning...
The Washington Times:
Army Considers More Combat Units for Iraq.
The Army is studying whether to add more combat units to the rotation plan for Iraq and is considering accelerating the deployments for some brigades to meet a top commander's decision to keep more than 140,000 troops in the country through at least the spring of 2007, Pentagon officials say.
The New York Times:
Unit Makes Do As Army Strives To Plug Gaps
The pressures that the conflict in Iraq is putting on the Army are apparent amid the towering pine trees of southeast Georgia, where the 3rd Infantry Division is preparing for the likelihood that it will go back to Iraq for a third tour. Col. Tom James, who commands the division's 2nd Brigade, acknowledges that his unit's equipment levels have fallen so low that it now has no tanks or other armored vehicles to use in training and that his soldiers are rated as largely untrained in attack and defense.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
War in Streets Fails To Hinder Iraqi Schools
After a few organizational days last week, public school started in earnest Sunday for an estimated 6 million Iraqi children. The government eased procedures for children to transfer schools because hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been displaced from their old neighborhoods by sectarian killings and intimidation. Yet the opening of the school year revealed a youthful optimism about the future and friendships, in contrast to the gloomy, grown-up despair throughout the city.
Washington Times:
U.S. Soldiers See Inept Output by Iraqi Troops
U.S. commanders have hailed the performance of Iraqi troops in the crackdown on militias and insurgents in Baghdad. But some U.S. soldiers say the Iraqis serving alongside them are among the worst they have ever seen -- seeming more loyal to sectarian militias than the government.
Washington Post:
Iraqi Parties Reach Deal Postponing Federalism
Iraq's fractious political parties reached a deal meant to prevent the country from splintering into a federation of three autonomous zones until at least 2008. The agreement forestalled concerns that the debate over federalism, a vague concept enshrined in the constitution but defined differently by various political groups, could cause the country's fragile multi-sect government to collapse.
This is a collection of news reports collected by the Military Times press organization this morning...
The Washington Times:
Army Considers More Combat Units for Iraq.
The Army is studying whether to add more combat units to the rotation plan for Iraq and is considering accelerating the deployments for some brigades to meet a top commander's decision to keep more than 140,000 troops in the country through at least the spring of 2007, Pentagon officials say.
The New York Times:
Unit Makes Do As Army Strives To Plug Gaps
The pressures that the conflict in Iraq is putting on the Army are apparent amid the towering pine trees of southeast Georgia, where the 3rd Infantry Division is preparing for the likelihood that it will go back to Iraq for a third tour. Col. Tom James, who commands the division's 2nd Brigade, acknowledges that his unit's equipment levels have fallen so low that it now has no tanks or other armored vehicles to use in training and that his soldiers are rated as largely untrained in attack and defense.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
War in Streets Fails To Hinder Iraqi Schools
After a few organizational days last week, public school started in earnest Sunday for an estimated 6 million Iraqi children. The government eased procedures for children to transfer schools because hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been displaced from their old neighborhoods by sectarian killings and intimidation. Yet the opening of the school year revealed a youthful optimism about the future and friendships, in contrast to the gloomy, grown-up despair throughout the city.
Washington Times:
U.S. Soldiers See Inept Output by Iraqi Troops
U.S. commanders have hailed the performance of Iraqi troops in the crackdown on militias and insurgents in Baghdad. But some U.S. soldiers say the Iraqis serving alongside them are among the worst they have ever seen -- seeming more loyal to sectarian militias than the government.
Washington Post:
Iraqi Parties Reach Deal Postponing Federalism
Iraq's fractious political parties reached a deal meant to prevent the country from splintering into a federation of three autonomous zones until at least 2008. The agreement forestalled concerns that the debate over federalism, a vague concept enshrined in the constitution but defined differently by various political groups, could cause the country's fragile multi-sect government to collapse.
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