Iraqi officials hopes for US troop pullout by 2010(comments made Mon. after Maliki and Obama met)

maddezmom

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Mon Jul-21-08 08:26 AM
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Iraqi officials hopes for US troop pullout by 2010(comments made Mon. after Maliki and Obama met)

Edited on Mon Jul-21-08 08:27 AM by maddezmom

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Iraq's government spokesman is hopeful that U.S. combat forces could be out of the country by 2010.

Ali al-Dabbagh made the comments following a meeting in Baghdad on Monday between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, who arrived in Iraq earlier in the day.

The timeframe is similar to Obama's proposal to pull back combat troops within 16 months. The Iraqi government has been trying to clarify its position on a possible troop withdrawal since al-Maliki was quoted in a German magazine last week saying he supported Obama's timetable.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_40

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Mon Jul-21-08 11:31 AM
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1. Hilarious!

We'll be there for decades. Get used to it.

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Mon Jul-21-08 12:22 PM
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2. So does Maliki support a timetable or not?

Were his comments today misquoted or mis-translated? It sounds like he supports Obama's position in a general sense based on these comments. Even though it's a bit longer than Obama's plans it still seems more reasonable than 2013 or (god forbid) 100+ years from now. It sounds like talking about withdrawal is doing the Iraqis some good too in terms of political reconciliation. I'm glad that people are at least having a serious discussion about withdrawal.

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