The top military commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, warned Thursday that a U.S. troop pullback this fall would lead to an escalation in sectarian killings and worsening violence. “My sense is that there would be an increase in sectarian violence, a resumption of sectarian violence, were the presence of our forces and Iraqi forces at that time to be reduced,” Petraeus said at a Pentagon news conference. Full Story
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