US Army plans for Iraq currently assumes keeping some 100,000 American soldiers through March 2006, The News York Times reported Saturday, citing a senior Army officer. The plans reflect the concerns of some US Army officials that stabilizing Iraq could be more difficult than originally planned, the report added.
The officer warned that maintaining a force of that size in Iraq beyond then would cause the Army to "really start to feel the pain" from stresses on overtaxed active-duty. (Albawaba.com)
