If they do surge forward, should military leaders order fresh coalition forces to secure the villages and bridges that the 3rd Infantry elements bypassed?

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Instead, U.S. commanders say it is hard to impose order in Iraq with just 150, 000 troops, and the return home of the 3rd Infantry Division -- one of the units that led the assault on Baghdad -- has been delayed indefinitely.

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