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Rice in surprise visit to Baghdad

bbc.co.uk
21-Aug-2008
        
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on an unscheduled visit. Ms Rice is expected to meet Iraqi leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, to discuss the future of US forces deployed in Iraq. Her arrival comes after 10 months of difficult negotiations on the US military presence in Iraq between Washington and Baghdad. Reports suggest a compromise draft is being considered by both... [read full story]                    

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Bush consults with Iraqi PM on troop withdrawal

itemonline.com
23-Aug-2008
        

Associated Press CRAWFORD — President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke Friday by secure video as work on a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2011 continued. “There are still discussions ongoing,”...

inthenews.co.uk: Under the terms of the draft agreement, US troops could leave the country by 2011 inthenews.co.uk

US troops likely to leave Iraq by 2011, negotiator says

inthenews.co.uk
23-Aug-2008
        

An Iraqi negotiator involved in discussions on the presence of US troops in the country has said all American troops could return home by 2011. The current UN agreement governing the coalition troops' operations in the...

                   

U.S., Iraq close in on deal for pullout of U.S. troops

itemonline.com
23-Aug-2008
        

Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly...

                   

Withdrawing From Iraq

aina.org
23-Aug-2008
        

Quietly and hesitatingly, the U.S. and Iraqi governments have reached a tentative agreement to send U.S. combat troops home by the end of 2011. The lack of fanfare is in part because of the gantlet of Iraqi politicians the...

Iraq-US pact puts troop pullout by 2011

thenews.com.pk
22-Aug-2008
        

Saturday, August 23, 2008 BAGHDAD: Negotiators have finalised a deal which will see the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by 2011, ending an eight-year occupation, the top official in the Iraqi team told AFP on...

CORRECTED - Iraq says no firm dates in U.S. troops deal

reuters.com
22-Aug-2008
        

A story dated Aug 21 incorrectly described one aspect of the Iraqi negotiating position in talks with the United States as asking for all U.S. troops to withdraw three years after combat troops leave, which would take...

US troops to quit Iraq by 2011

radionz.co.nz
22-Aug-2008
        

Updated at 6:19am on 23 August 2008 US combat troops could leave Iraq by 2011. A draft security agreement also calls for US forces to withdraw from all Iraqi urban areas by June 2009. The draft still needs to be approved...

                   

US to be out of Iraq 'by 2011'

independent.co.uk
22-Aug-2008
        

The United States is moving towards ending its military control of Iraq by agreeing to withdraw combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns by next June and from the rest of Iraq by 2011, according to Iraqi and American...

                   

With deal on troop pullout, U.S. is winding down combat in Iraq

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22-Aug-2008
        

With deal on troop pullout, U.S. is winding down combat in Iraq Robert Burns, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Adding to the number of American combat troops in Afghanistan depends on reducing the numbers in Iraq. Until...

Iraq wants U.S. troops deal to expire

tiscali.co.uk
22-Aug-2008
        

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq wants an agreement authorising the continued presence of U.S. troops on its soil to expire in three years, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Friday. Washington and Baghdad say they are...

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