Looks like we’ll not only be sending in additional troops to Iraq, but now the return of thousands of soldiers is delayed:

WASHINGTON — Thousands of U.S. Army troops initially scheduled to come home from Iraq during the next two months are being told they will have to stay for an unknown length of time, U.S. Army officials said Monday.

The delay affects 9,000 men in the Army’s battle-weary 3rd Infantry Division, which has been in Iraq since the start of the war. A soldier in that division was killed Monday in Baghdad when his convoy was attacked with multiple rocket-propelled grenades.

With security in Iraq still a concern, Army officials said that U.S. troops are still needed in the country.

Keep these men and women in your hearts and minds, folks. They still need our support.

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