Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 75 troop withdrawals 71 troop withdrawal 67 drawdown 66 troop buildup 65 troop surge 59 Petraeus 56 Odierno 56 pullout 52 Iraq 52 combat brigades 51 Abizaid 50 David Petraeus 50 McChrystal 50 Ryan Crocker 49 redeployment 49 al Maliki 49 Maliki 49 Afghanistan 48 counterinsurgency 48 Khalilzad 47 resurgent Taliban 47 Karzai 47 withdrawal 46 President Hamid Karzai 46 troops 46 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 45 Rumsfeld 45 Marjah 44 Al Maliki 44 Afghan 44 Iraqis 44 Zebari 44 commanders 44 South Waziristan 44 John Abizaid 44 Allawi 44 troop 43 Brahimi 43 Iraqi 43 Anbar province 43 Anbar 43 sectarian violence 42 prisoner abuse 42 counter insurgency 42 buildup 42 Robert Gates 42 al Jaafari 42 insurgency 41 Fallujah 41 Taliban insurgency 41 handover 41 Prime Minister Nouri al 41 Sunni insurgents 40 John Negroponte 40 peacekeeping force 40 Taliban 40 Paul Bremer 40 midterm elections 40 Pentagon 40 Kayani 40 Afghans 40 offensives 39 Ibrahim al Jaafari 39 Waziristan 39 disengagement 39 insurgents 39 Iraqi Governing Council 39 Baghdad 39 Diyala 39 drone strikes 39 drone attacks 39 al Sadr 39 al Sistani 39 deployment 38 parliamentary elections 38 Bremer 38 Kandahar province 38 Gaza pullout 38 Palestinian statehood 38 NATO 38 Mideast peace 38 President Pervez Musharraf 38 Sistani 38 peacekeeping mission 38 Shiite militias 38 Donald H. Rumsfeld 38 Musharraf 38 Negroponte 38 Bush 38 President Jalal Talabani 38 Taliban stronghold 38 pullback 38 tribal regions 38 civilian casualties 37 Sunnis 37 Hamid Karzai 37 disarmament 37 Sadr 37 Helmand 37 Taliban militants 37 Shiite dominated