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President [[George W. Bush]], on January 10, 2007, announced that the US would '''surge''' at least 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, to improve security in the [[Baghdad]] to a point where the remaining [[Iraqi Security Force]]s could control violence from Iraqi sects and foreign sources. <ref name=Bush2007-01-10>{{citation
President [[George W. Bush]], on January 10, 2007, announced that the US would '''surge''' at least 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, to improve security in the [[Baghdad]] to a point where the remaining [[Iraqi Security Forces]] could control violence from Iraqi sects and foreign sources. <ref name=Bush2007-01-10>{{citation
  | author = [[George W. Bush]]
  | author = [[George W. Bush]]
  | title = President's Address to the Nation
  | title = President's Address to the Nation
  | date = 10 January 2007}}</ref>
  | date = 10 January 2007}}</ref>
 
Intended to be more policing and engaging directly with the people, the approach was "population-centric" rather than "enemy-centric."<ref name=Accident>{{citation
| title = The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
| author = David Kilcullen
| publisher = Oxford University Press  | year = 2009
| isbn = 9780195368345}}, pp. 128-130</ref>


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Revision as of 11:22, 11 August 2009

President George W. Bush, on January 10, 2007, announced that the US would surge at least 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, to improve security in the Baghdad to a point where the remaining Iraqi Security Forces could control violence from Iraqi sects and foreign sources. [1]

Intended to be more policing and engaging directly with the people, the approach was "population-centric" rather than "enemy-centric."[2]

References

  1. George W. Bush (10 January 2007), President's Address to the Nation
  2. David Kilcullen (2009), The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195368345, pp. 128-130