More Troops Headed to Iraq

While the administration still hints at a drawdown in time for the election (an expected, but poor reason), we will be sending almost 1,000 more over right now.

The extra troops will come from the 82nd Airborne Division.

"The battalion is being deployed to Iraq. They are going to assist in detention operations," said the spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Barry Venable.

The Washington Post said the number of prisoners in US-run detention centres in Iraq has doubled in the past 11 months from 5,400 to 10,800.

Of couse, we will also have to send more over for the elections (if they ever get a constitution finised) so, it may be that our 2006 drawdown is just the troop numbers comming back in line with the summer of 2005 count.