US plans to boost Baghdad troops-defense official

A car bomb in Baghdad targetted police today

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The United States is likely to move more than 1,000 troops into Baghdad from elsewhere in Iraq, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

The official said the shift would involve "a couple of battalions." A typical U.S. battalion contains some 600 to 800 troops.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not specify where the battalions would come from, but said they would not be Marines from the restive western province of Anbar.

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