Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 gradual drawdown 54 troop drawdown 52 gradual withdrawal 51 phased withdrawal 51 troop pullout 48 troop reinforcements 48 phased redeployment 48 troop withdrawal 48 troop withdrawals 48 troop reductions 47 troop pullback 47 drawdown 47 Iraqi 47 troop buildup 47 troop drawdowns 47 troop redeployment 46 troop levels 46 quell sectarian 46 toppled Saddam Hussein 46 troop surge 45 General Ray Odierno 45 combat brigades 45 pullout 44 counterinsurgency strategy 44 Afghan 44 troop withdrawal timetable 44 Agreement SAA 44 Operation Swarmer 44 topple Saddam Hussein 44 redeployments 43 Sunni insurgency 43 Shiite militiamen loyal 43 Gen. Ray Odierno 43 Forces Agreement SOFA 43 multinational peacekeeping 43 precipitous withdrawal 43 handover 43 Taliban strongholds 43 Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon 43 PRTs 43 troops 42 Iraq 42 Turkish incursion 42 Gen. Qassim al Moussawi 42 overthrew Saddam Hussein 42 oust Saddam Hussein 42 troop rotations 42 disarming Hezbollah 42 insurgent strongholds 42 resurgent Taliban 42 NATO 42 Operation Mountain Thrust 42 Operation Jump Start 42 Salahuddin province north 42 Gen Petraeus 42 Operation Steel Curtain 42 Odierno 41 toppling Saddam Hussein 41 Qais al Khazali 41 overwatch 41 envoy Lakhdar Brahimi 41 raging insurgency 41 disaffected Sunni Arab 41 disarm militias 41 insurgency 41 Military Deaths 41 Troop Withdrawal 41 insurgent hotbed 41 western Anbar province 41 hasty withdrawal 41 neighboring Helmand province 41 stubborn insurgency 41 Marjah 41 Dhi Qar province 41 Provincial Reconstruction Teams 40 redeployment 40 Wasit province 40 al Sadr militiamen 40 volatile Anbar province 40 troop deployments 40 Sedwill 40 Sunni insurgents 40 sectarian violence 40 Afghanistan 40 restoring normalcy 40 ousting Saddam Hussein 40 Gen. Josef Blotz 40 peacekeeping force 40 Abizaid 40 Khalilzad 40 Operation Achilles 40 Transitional Administrative Law 40 awakening councils 40 Iraqis 40 Incirlik air 40 unleashing militia 40 Taliban stronghold 40 Writer Sinan Salaheddin 40 Speech #/#/# 40 Dubik 40 mandate expires