WE’ll ee what he actually recommends next month. And as expected, they are blaming the latest attack that killed 250 people on Al-Qaeda. That’s not what I’ve read. Sunni Arab guerillas is who I read is responsible. Propaganda, propaganda, propaganda.

The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the U.S. footprint in Iraq would have to be “a good bit smaller” by next summer.

But Gen. David Petraeus cautioned against a quick or significant U.S. withdrawal that could surrender “the gains we have fought so hard to achieve.”

He declined to offer specifics on upcoming recommendation. The report, expected next month, is seen as a potential roadmap for U.S. military and diplomatic policies in Iraq.

Petraeus also said the “horrific and indiscriminate attacks” that killed at least 250 Yazidis, an ancient religious sect, in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday were the work of al-Qaida in Iraq fighters

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