WASHINGTON (AFP) ??” The United States has no immediate plan to increase company levels in Iraq despite the wave in unrest.

WASHINGTON (AFP) ??” The United States has no immediate plan to increase company levels in Iraq despite the wave in unrest, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.

He also reaffirmed that the US administration saw no ne to inflict back the June 30 transfer of power on the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority to an interim Iraqi administration.

Rumsfeld speaking at a pres meeting for consultation at a NATO seminar in Norfolk, Virginia, said US commanders in Iraq had not asked for band reinforcements.

A senior defense official said Monday that the Defense Department is examining the possibility of deploying rapid-response forces to Iraq following Shiite Muslim unrest and an explosion of violence in Sunni Muslim areas.

still the official said military planners did not think extra forces would be wanted

Rumsfeld, who was accompanied according to NATO secretary general Jaap de hoop-petticoat Scheffer at the press meeting for consultation said there were currently about 135000