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U.S. military: We are committed to withdraw and Iranian pressure
On: Sat 10/12/2011 10:30
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according to the U.S. military in Iraq yesterday that his government is committed to the timetable for withdrawal, and pointed to the withdrawal of 170 thousand soldiers so far, pointing to the survival of 7500 others. He said U.S. military spokesman Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan said in an interview for a number of media, "The United States is committed to the timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq," stressing the withdrawal of 170 thousand soldiers so far. "Added Buchanan," The number remaining in Iraq is 7,500-strong ",
He pointed out that "American troops are currently in the five bases only after the withdrawal of 505 rules." Buchanan added that "the United States millions of pieces of military pulled out of Iraqi territory," noting that "we rely on Iraqi security forces to secure the protection of our embassy, like any other country in which the U.S. Embassy are located." The Buchanan that "Iraqi forces have the experience and done a remarkable job in the past," and about the rumors that the Americans handed over Iraq "forced" to Iran after all these years that they occupied the country, showed Buchanan, yesterday, rejected the word "occupation" which appeared in the question, saying that in return for a "UN Security Council resolution which provided for the occupation, the decision to the last text on the handover of sovereignty to Iraq." On Iran, he said Buchanan, "I would like to emphasize that is not related to any pressure Iranian issue of our withdrawal from Iraq, but we apply the terms of the security agreement signed in 2008, which provided for the withdrawal end of 2011, and today we fulfill that commitment in full." And saw Buchanan that "the commitment of the United States on Iraq is still going on at all levels," adding that "the U.S. bases remaining in Iraq now is 4 out of 505 bases had been built by the Americans when they entered Iraq in 2003," Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of this year.
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