HOPE HE DOESN'T PLAY POKER

Regarding the selection of which units stay in Iraq...GEN Abizaid tips his hand pretty good.

“I know everyone wants me to name the units and where it’s coming from, and how it’s coming, and I’m simply not going to answer that question, because I don’t know,” Abizaid said.

However, Abizaid said, “I think all of us, especially those of you that are in Europe, understand that we’ve already added forces outside of the 1st Armored Division’s normal area (Baghdad), down into the south, into the Al Kut area,” he said. “And it’s logical to assume that there will be a delay in the arrival of some of those forces … home.”

“As far as what comes next and for how long, I don’t want to get into that,” Abizaid said.