Iraq War troop surge of 2007

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United States military operation event in the Iraq War military strategy

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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Label	Occurrences
2007 Iraq troop surge	1
Iraq War troop surge	1
Iraq War troop surge of 2007 canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military operation ⓘ event in the Iraq War ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Iraq War troop surge of 2007 ⓘ surface form: 2007 Iraq troop surge the surge ⓘ
announcedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ surface form: President George W. Bush
announcedInSpeechAt	White House ⓘ surface form: the White House
announcedOn	10 January 2007 ⓘ
associatedDevelopment	Sons of Iraq program ⓘ Al Anbar campaign ⓘ surface form: Sunni Awakening movement in Anbar
associatedWith	Multinational force in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Multi-National Force – Iraq
authorizedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
commandedBy	David Petraeus ⓘ surface form: General David Petraeus
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Congressional Research Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congressional Research Service Government Accountability Office ⓘ surface form: U.S. Government Accountability Office
hasEffectOn	timeline of U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq ⓘ
implementedDuringPresidencyOf	George W. Bush ⓘ
influencedBy	U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual (FM 3-24) ⓘ surface form: 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 of 2007 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq War troop surge

Iraq War troop surge of 2007 → alsoKnownAs → Iraq War troop surge of 2007 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2007 Iraq troop surge