General Says Troops May Stay in Iraq Until 2006

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031017/ts_nm/iraq_usa_general_dc&cid=564&ncid=1473

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. troops may have to stay in Iraq until 2006 to fully secure the country they invaded in March, a top U.S. general said on Friday.

Lieutenant General Thomas Metz, commander of the 3rd Corps, said there could be two more yearly troop rotations until newly trained Iraqi forces are ready to take over.

"We're engaged in the long term to be successful here," Metz told reporters in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

"The current pace of success leads me to believe we could have an end state of (another) rotation or two."

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[Mari333]

1. Mari says to General

Kiss my Royal American Arse you lying sacks of shite.

[saigon68]

11. Its called Vietnamization

Ask Nixon---Ask Kissinger----. We will stay until we train the troops to take our place. Meanwhile GRAFT and CORRUPTION for all

Filthy disgusting LIAR----

[Loonman]

2. Goodbye maw and paw

I'm off to Vietnam.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[maxsolomon]

3. try 2060

if its going to be our HQ for the long term pacification (domination & exploitation) of the ME.

syria, iraq, iran, pakistan, afganistan, yemen, SA.

so many fish to fry.

[bobthedrummer]

4. "The current pace of success leads me to believe..."

that we could have thousands of casualties more-bring them HOME.

[fob]

5. Sounds like the foundation for "success" to be achieved in Oct 2004

and chimpy* to be the "leader" that pulled it off 2 years sooner. Expect to see planeloads of troops coming home in Oct 2004, even though the troop level will not actually be dropping. Oh, the constant stories about it will be in the usual suspects print/video/audio media though.

fob

[Minstrel Boy]

6. Mark your calendars, and expect, in 2006,

to read "General Says Troops May Stay in Iraq Until 2008."

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. __ " to fully secure the country they invaded " __

. . to fully secure the country they invaded

Interesting to note that alot of articles are now referring to this an an INVASION

- not a liberation

- but then most of us with active grey matter knew that

[peterh]

8. Of course they may….

It would mess up the planning logistics with regard to Syria and Iran and the overall imperialistic ambitions of the cabal if we were to leave early or at all :eyes:

[Don_G]

9. Which "God" Told Him That?

Allah or the Lord?

[beanball]

10. We must remain

because"There is a whole lotta oil in Iraq" and Shrub wants every gallon of that black gold.Look out Brazil you're next Shrub sez"There is a whole lotta coffee in Brazil"

[leesa]

12. You will never be successful there because Iraqis hate you, idiot!

You invaded their country and murdered their citizenry in an unprovoked attack.