Posted on 08/26/2008 6:03:34 AM PDT by kellynla
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that an agreement had been reached in negotiations on a security pact with the United States to end any foreign military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011.
"There is an agreement actually reached, reached between the two parties on a fixed date which is the end of 2011 to end any foreign presence on Iraqi soil," Maliki said in a speech to tribal leaders in the Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
"Yes, there is major progress on the issue of the negotiations on the security deal," Maliki said.
The Iraqi government has said it is proposing U.S. troops end patrols of Iraqi towns and villages by the middle of next year and U.S. combat troops leave Iraq by 2011.
But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a visit to Baghdad last week that no final agreement had been reached. The Bush administration has sought to steer clear of fixed timetables in negotiating the agreement.
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White House: U.S.-Iraq agreement not to include date of withdrawal
Also read this morning that Iraq backtracked from the statement that it has been reached yet.
He is just trying to appease the politicians to get some support.
Maliki knows darn well there will be huge bases sitting in his desert to guarantee his ass is secure unless it is voted out for a long, long time.
Yes, there is major progress on the issue of the negotiations on the security deal," Maliki said.
These two lines contradict each other entirely.
If we learn just one thing from Iraq let it be NEVER TRUST THE MUSSIES!
And NEVER trust the Democrats. But that lesson should have been learned already 40 years ago.
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