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Mar 4, 2008 9:30 am US/Pacific

Troop Drawdown In Iraq To Resume Next Week

Paratrooper Unit Set To Return Home

WASHINGTON (AP) ―

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An Army paratrooper unit that led the U.S. troop surge into Baghdad last year is returning home.

Its departure marks a resumption of a troop drawdown that will test the durability of recent security gains.

A senior military official says the 2nd brigade, 82nd Airborne Division is heading back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in coming days and will not be replaced in the rotation. That will bring the total number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq from 19 to 18. By July the number is supposed to drop to 15.