Let's ask Iraq's PM, VP, Security Adviser, and Speaker about "Cut and Run"

sabra

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Thu Jul-06-06 09:15 PM
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Let's ask Iraq's PM, VP, Security Adviser, and Speaker about "Cut and Run"

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/14823067.htm

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's vice president has asked President Bush for a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, the Iraqi president's office said.

Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni, made the request during his meeting with Bush on Tuesday, when the U.S. president made a surprise visit to Iraq.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8504150164

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said that Iraqi nation and government can restore their security much well without US interference.

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He added that if the American forces leave Iraq, the security in the country will improve.

"Besides, those behind terrorist activities in Iraq will have no pretext for such moves," he said.

Haddad-Adel said that the US cannot contribute to promotion of security in Iraq, adding that neither can its presence in the country reduce terrorism.

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0607069778194841.htm

Speaker of Iraq's National Assembly Mahmoud al-Mashadani in a meeting with the representative of the Jurisprudence in Khorasan, Ayatollah Abbas Vaez Tabassi, here Thursday said that the major goal of the arrogance in occupying Iraq is to create a 'great Israel' in the region.

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"Saddam was appointed in Iraq by the US itself to help it materialize its arrogant goals. Now the US intends to assign another substitute in Iraq who will continue working towards its goals and will promote American culture in the region.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13521628/site/newsweek/

Maliki's Master Plan

A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.

The Way Out of Iraq: A Road Map

By Mowaffak al-Rubaie

There has been much talk about a withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops from Iraq, but no defined timeline has yet been set. There is, however, an unofficial "road map" to foreign troop reductions that will eventually lead to total withdrawal of U.S. troops. This road map is based not just on a series of dates but, more important, on the achievement of set objectives for restoring security in Iraq.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-04T160157Z_01_N04190696_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-IRAQ.xml&archived=False

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, trying to tap into Independence Day patriotism to revive domestic support for an unpopular war, vowed on Tuesday that U.S. troops would not leave Iraq until their mission was complete.

In a Fourth of July speech here, Bush took a veiled swipe at Democrats who have pressed for a timetable for withdrawal more than three years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

"Setting an artificial timetable would be a terrible mistake," Bush told more than 3,000 military personnel in a speech interrupted repeatedly by cheers at the home of the storied 82nd Airborne Division and U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

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sabra

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Thu Jul-06-06 09:44 PM
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1. kick to bring the troops home

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magellan

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Thu Jul-06-06 09:55 PM
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2. Bush** said the US would leave when asked

Now he's applying his own conditions, despite the wishes of the Iraqi gov't.

Bush Says Iraqi Leaders Will Want U.S. Forces to Stay to Help

January 28, 2005

President Bush said in an interview on Thursday that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq if the new government that is elected on Sunday asked him to do so, but that he expected Iraq's first democratically elected leaders would want the troops to remain as helpers, not as occupiers.

"I've heard the voices of the people that presumably will be in positions of responsibility after these elections, though you never know," Mr. Bush said. "But it seems that most of the leadership there understands that there will be a need for coalition troops at least until the Iraqis are able to fight."

He did not say who he expected would emerge victorious. But asked if, as a matter of principle, the United States would pull out of Iraq at the request of a new government, he said: "Yes, absolutely. This is a sovereign government - they're on their feet."

They've asked, Bush**. Be a man for once and honor your word. Plan it and start bringing them home -- NOW.

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sabra

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Thu Jul-06-06 10:13 PM
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3. which proves he doesn't care squat about what Iraqi's want

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magellan

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Thu Jul-06-06 10:29 PM
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4. We've known his true intentions for some time

It'd be nice if the rest of America began to cotton on to his lies, flip-flops and incessant hypocrisy! It's only the lives of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis that hang in the balance while Americans continue to slumber...and pay $3.00/gallon.....

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