EXCLUSIVE-U.S. may significantly hike number of troops in Iraq -sources

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(Adds background, details on timing) WASHINGTON, **v 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has drawn up plans to significantly increase the number of American forces in Iraq beyond the current total of around 1,400, as part of the effort to bolster Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. The officials, speaking on condition of a**nymity, declined to offer details about the plans, including the timing of any future deployments, should they be approved. The disclosure came the same day that U.S. ...

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