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*****US Iraq pull-out 'to proceed as scheduled': Maliki*****
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD — *****Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said US forces will leave Iraq as scheduled by year's end, and that there will not be any permanent US bases in the country,***** a statement from his office said on Tuesday.*****
"The agreement on the withdrawal of American forces will be implemented on schedule by the end of the year,***** and there will not be any bases for US forces here,"***** Maliki told Al-Ittijah TV channel in an interview to be broadcast later, it said.*****
Iraqi leaders have approved negotiations with the United States on a post-2011 training mission, but no deal has yet been announced.
However, an extension of the US military presence in Iraq has been strongly opposed by some, notably by radical anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who has warned of "war" if American forces stay.
Unless Baghdad and Washington reach a new accord, all of the roughly 46,000 US troops still in the country must leave by December 31, under the terms of a 2008 security agreement.
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(AFP) – 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD — *****Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said US forces will leave Iraq as scheduled by year's end, and that there will not be any permanent US bases in the country,***** a statement from his office said on Tuesday.*****
"The agreement on the withdrawal of American forces will be implemented on schedule by the end of the year,***** and there will not be any bases for US forces here,"***** Maliki told Al-Ittijah TV channel in an interview to be broadcast later, it said.*****
Iraqi leaders have approved negotiations with the United States on a post-2011 training mission, but no deal has yet been announced.
However, an extension of the US military presence in Iraq has been strongly opposed by some, notably by radical anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who has warned of "war" if American forces stay.
Unless Baghdad and Washington reach a new accord, all of the roughly 46,000 US troops still in the country must leave by December 31, under the terms of a 2008 security agreement.
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