Iraq War troop surge of 2007

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The Iraq War troop surge of 2007 was a major U.S. military strategy shift that temporarily increased American forces in Iraq in an effort to reduce violence and stabilize the country during the ongoing conflict.

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Iraq War troop surge 3
2007 Iraq troop surge 1
Iraq War troop surge of 2007 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
event in the Iraq War ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2007 Iraq troop surge ⓘ
the surge ⓘ
announcedBy President George W. Bush ⓘ
linked to: George W. Bush
announcedInSpeechAt the White House ⓘ
linked to: White House
announcedOn 10 January 2007 ⓘ
associatedDevelopment Sons of Iraq program ⓘ
Sunni Awakening movement in Anbar ⓘ
linked to: Al Anbar campaign
associatedWith Multi-National Force – Iraq ⓘ
authorizedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
commandedBy General David Petraeus ⓘ
linked to: David Petraeus
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor delaying U.S. withdrawal from Iraq ⓘ
increasing U.S. casualties in the short term ⓘ
not achieving lasting political reconciliation in Iraq ⓘ
endTime around July 2008 ⓘ
evaluatedBy U.S. Congressional Research Service ⓘ
U.S. Government Accountability Office ⓘ
hasEffectOn timeline of U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq ⓘ
implementedDuringPresidencyOf George W. Bush ⓘ
influencedBy FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency manual ⓘ
counterinsurgency doctrine ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
mainDeploymentArea Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
militaryTheater Iraq ⓘ
opposedBy a significant portion of the U.S. public ⓘ
many Democratic lawmakers in the United States ⓘ
partOf the Iraq War strategy review of 2006–2007 ⓘ
policyName New Way Forward ⓘ
precededBy Iraq Study Group Report of 2006 ⓘ
primaryObjective create security conditions for political reconciliation in Iraq ⓘ
reduce sectarian violence in Iraq ⓘ
stabilize Baghdad and other key areas ⓘ
result decline in sectarian killings in Baghdad ⓘ
substantial reduction in overall violence in Iraq by late 2007 ⓘ
weakening of Al-Qaeda in Iraq in several areas ⓘ
startTime January 2007 ⓘ
strategyShift from large forward operating bases to population-centric counterinsurgency ⓘ
greater use of joint U.S.–Iraqi security operations ⓘ
increased emphasis on securing the Iraqi population ⓘ
supportedBy many Republican lawmakers in the United States ⓘ
topicOf intense political debate in the United States ⓘ
numerous academic studies on counterinsurgency ⓘ
troopIncrease approximately 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops ⓘ
peak increase to roughly 30,000 additional U.S. troops ⓘ

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110th United States Congress → oversawSurgeDebate → Iraq War troop surge of 2007 ⓘ
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War → focusesOnEvent → Iraq War troop surge ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War troop surge of 2007
Iraq War troop surge of 2007 → alsoKnownAs → 2007 Iraq troop surge ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War troop surge of 2007
4th Infantry Division → participatedIn → Iraq War troop surge ⓘ
subject linked to: Ivy Division
linked to: Iraq War troop surge of 2007
Iraq Campaign Medal → awardedForCampaignPhase → Iraqi Surge ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War troop surge of 2007
Wayne Gilchrest → opposed → Iraq War troop surge ⓘ
linked to: Iraq War troop surge of 2007