More US troops may go to Iraq for elections: Rumsfeld

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040924/pl_afp/iraq_us_forces_rumsfeld&cid=1521&ncid=1480

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Rumsfeld said he believed elections could still be held in January but he sketched out a scenario in which they might not be held in parts of the country where the violence is too great.


"Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country, but some places you couldn't, because the violence was too great," he said.


"Well, so be it," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites). "You have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet."


General John Abizaid, the head of the US Central Command, told reporters Wednesday after a closed door briefing to members of Congress that more troops would be needed to secure the country ahead of the elections.

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1. I'm confused

"Well, so be it," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites). "You have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet."


was he talking about Iraq or US?

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3. similar article

not the same subject, but at the same news conference.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=860278