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| 2007 | Bombing of Dohuk Province |  |
| 16th Dec Dohuk Province With the help of the US military, Turkish fighter jets bomb areas in Dohuk Province in northern Iraq, targeting the Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party
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| 2007 | Commander | |
| 4th Jan Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is named the top Commander in Iraq
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| 2007 | Invasion of Iraq | |
| 10th Sep Petraeus tells the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees that the US military needs more time to meet its goals in Iraq, he says troops in Iraq may be reduced from 20 brigades to 15, or from troops to 130,000, beginning in July 2008
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| 11th Sep Petraeus and Ryan Crocker face more intense and critical questioning from members of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, they failed to answer definitely repeated questions about how long US troops would be in Iraq
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| 24th Nov Diyala Province A brigade of 5,000 U.S. troops starts to leave Diyala Province, the first significant pullback of troops. Once the withdrawal is complete, there will be 157,000 soldiers in Iraq, from a high of 162,000
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| 16th Dec Dohuk Province With the help of the US military, Turkish fighter jets bomb areas in Dohuk Province in northern Iraq, targeting the Kurdish militant group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party
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| 26th Dec Gen. David Petraeus reports that car bombs and suicide attacks have dropped by 60% since June 2007
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