Iraq criticises US pull-out bill Hoshyar Zebari accuses US legislators of "politicking" Attempts by US Democrats to hasten the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq are "damaging to security" in the country, Iraq's foreign minister says. Hoshyar Zebari was responding to a vote in the US House of Representatives making further funding of the war conditional on a withdrawal timetable. The top US general in Iraq said there was still "vastly more work" to do. The Senate votes on the bill later on Thursday. President George W Bush has promised to veto it. This is part of the politicking, basically,...