U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Pearson, right, and Spc. Juan Castillo enjoy breakfast before working on building a bridge near the Tigris River, Baghdad, Aug. 10, 2009 Pearson and Castillo are assigned to the 277th Engineering Company, 416th Engineering Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tyrone ClakelyMore Troops Are Sought for Iraq’s Restive North -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — The commanding general of American forces in Iraq said Monday that he had proposed putting United States troops in disputed parts of northern Iraq along with Kurdish and Iraqi forces.
Tensions between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish militia, known as pesh merga, have kept them from working together, and as a result Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia has been able to launch devastating attacks on small villages not controlled by either side, the commander, Gen. Ray Odierno, said on Monday. A series of bombings of villages in Nineveh Province has killed more than 150 people in the past week and a half.
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