Shift of Marines to Afghanistan back on table
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writerPosted : Sunday May 11, 2008 10:02:51 EDT
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/marine_afghanistan_051008w/
Even if peace breaks out across Anbar province and the rest of Iraq, Marines may not get a break from the current op tempo.
Next stop: Afghanistan. Not this year — but maybe in 2009.
Senior Pentagon officials say the proposal to shift Marines out of Iraq and into Afghanistan in large numbers is back on the table.
Top military leaders shot down the idea last fall when Commandant Gen. James Conway said publicly that he’d like to leave Iraq to the Army and essentially take over the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
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