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Mon 01 Jan 2007Casualties mounting as more US troops arriveIraq:The first reinforcements of US troops under the new Bush strategy began to flow into the Baghdad region over the weekend.A 3,200-member brigade of the US 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Baghdad and will be ready to join the fresh drive to quell sectarian violence in the capital by February 1st, the American military said yesterday.