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U.S. troop rise set for Afghanistan
Associated Press
Published January 15, 2008
WASHINGTON - Military officials said Monday that about 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan, a move that will boost combat troop levels in time for an expected Taliban offensive this spring. Once complete, the deployment would increase U.S. forces in Afghanistan to as much as 30,000, the highest level since the 2001 invasion after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. According to officials, 2,200 members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., will go to Afghanistan, as well as about 1,000 members of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, which is based at Twentynine Palms, Calif.
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