Final Brigade For Bush Buildup Arrives In Iraq

With the arrival of the 3rd Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Ft. Stewart, Ga., the addition of 28,500 troops begun in mid-February will be complete. The brigade will be based at Camp Victory near Baghdad International Airport, Maj. Gen. James Simmons, deputy commander of multinational forces, said in an interview Friday.

As the buildup neared completion, violence continued in the capital. A suicide bomber in a line with police recruits outside an Iraqi base near the infamous Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad detonated an explosive vest Saturday, killing 15 and injuring 26 others, police said. In Kut, southeast of Baghdad, nine insurgents and four Iraqi police were reported killed in a battle.

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