U.S. puts Iraq withdrawal plans under wraps to discourage attacks
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The U.S. military has stopped announcing its plans for turning over facilities to the Iraqi government because of concerns that insurgents were using the information to stage attacks, a top American general said Thursday.
"As bases close, some adversaries try to take advantage and attack us. . . . Some attacked on transition day," Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, deputy commanding general of U.S. Forces-Iraq, said during a telephone news conference from Iraq.
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