Obama ready to announce Afghan troops surge
BARACK Obama is just days away from committing up to 35,000 additional US troops to the war in Afghanistan as part of a revitalised military strategy against the Taliban. The US President was understood to be close to a final decision last night on the details of an Afghanistan surge in the new year, following a meeting of his war cabinet at the White House. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision and he will announce that decision within days." Military sources...
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