1.0 link 88352 <![CDATA[Post-Surge Troops Levels: 140,000]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/25/postsurge-troops-levels_n_88352.html WASHINGTON &mdash; The Pentagon is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007, a senior general said Monday.

Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, operations chief for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that by July the troop total is likely to be 140,000. That compares with 132,000 when President Bush approved orders to send an additional five Army brigades to...

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