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n the end, the Pentagon says the extra support troops number about 10,000.
But there are 16,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq than before the surge. The Pentagon says some of the other 6,000 extra U.S. troops are in the process of taking over for departing troops, so the overall number should go down by a few thousand in the coming weeks. But that still leaves at least a couple of thousand troops not exactly accounted for.
- so the surge works if it maintains higher troop levels than before it started.
surge = escalation********
- so the surge works if it maintains higher troop levels than before it started.