"We'll stand down when the Iraqis are able to stand up on their own." (or something like that) Looks like the Iraqi Army and Police aren't standing up very well. Link below; my emphasis.
"The top American commander in Iraq has decided to move reserve troops now deployed in Kuwait into the volatile Anbar Province in western Iraq to help quell a rise in insurgent attacks there, two American officials said Monday.
Although some soldiers from the 3,500-member brigade in Kuwait have moved into Iraq in recent months, Gen. George W. Casey Jr. has decided to send in the remainder of the unit after consultations with Iraqi officials in recent days, the officials said.
The confirmation that the number of American forces in Iraq would grow came on a day of soaring violence in Baghdad. Two Britons working as members of a CBS News television crew were killed on Monday and an American correspondent for the network was critically wounded when a military patrol they were accompanying was hit by a roadside bomb."
Much more at the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/world/middleeast/30troops.html?ex=1306641600&en=df1c4ee6494781b6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss