U.S., Iraqi Troops Fill Void Left by Georgians

U.S. soldiers from the 41st Fires Brigade and a contingent of Iraqi troops took over checkpoint and patrol-base operations near Forward Operating Base Delta in Iraq on Aug. 15, following the departure of Georgian troops who returned home because of the Russian military incursion into South Ossetia. The departing soldiers, from the 1st Georgian Brigade, had pulled the duty until their country’s leaders determined their presence was needed in the troubled province on the Russia-Georgia border.