More tour extensions

[Tsu]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/international/middleeast/30military.html

[kat]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/international/middleeast/30military.html
Half way down the page:
Under the extension orders, which have been approved by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the soldiers whose departures are delayed will still leave Iraq for their home bases before the 12-month deployment limit promised by the Army, as the units had initially been given assignments of less than a year.
I think this is a smart move to keep experience troops there for the January Elections.

[franznietzsche]

And the troops being extended are still not exceeding the one-year limit.

[Ivan Seeking]

I think this is a smart move to keep experience troops there for the January Elections.

Yes, this should help to keep the beheadings, assassinations, and suicide bombings to a minimum. After all, its tough to have elections when people keep losing their heads.

[kat]

Yes, this should help to keep the beheadings, assassinations, and suicide bombings to a minimum. After all, its tough to have elections when people keep losing their heads.
Sarcasm noted. :yuck: