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  • Top Commander Denounces Call for Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

    11/16/2005 2:47:18 PM PST · by jmc1969 · 63 replies · 1,403+ views
    WP ^ | Nov 16 2005 | Ellen Knickmeyer
    BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 -- A top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday denounced calls by some U.S. senators and others for a deadline on withdrawal from Iraq, calling that "a recipe for disaster" for the 2 -year-old war. "Setting a date would mean that the 221 soldiers I've lost this year, that their lives will have been lost in vain," said Maj. Gen. William Webster, whose 3rd Infantry Division is responsible for security in three-fourths of Iraq's capital. Webster's criticism of a withdrawal deadline referred to a Democratic proposal that would have required U.S. leaders to fix a rough date...