Execution makes martyr of Hussein

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Author(s) Marvin Zonis
Source Chicago Tribune
Date January 3, 2007
URL http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0701030008jan03,0,6568302.story
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Quotes-start.png "It is well to remember that for every 1,000 U.S. combat troops, only 229 actually use weapons. The rest are support, supply, medical and other subsidiary services. That means that 30,000 more troops will actually put somewhere in the neighborhood of 6,870 fighters into the streets of Baghdad. Hardly enough to squelch the violence." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position United States should increase troop levels on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.