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