U.S. warnings of timetables does not concern Iraq – senior official

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Source: Azzaman

Iraq will go ahead with its plans to build its own armed forces and reinstate security despite U.S. warnings of timetables and benchmarks, National Security Adviser said.

Mowafaq al-Rubai said Iraq’s battle against Qaeda-related groups in Iraq will continue whether the Americans stayed or left.

“The Americans have their timetables and are governed by schedules but these things do not concern us,” he said in an interview.

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“What others say is not a matter of concern for us. America addresses its own people and we address our own.

“They (Americans) say this is the last battle to beat Qaeda and we say to them it is the first battle. We have our schedules and they have theirs,” Rubai said.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2007-04-30/kurd.htm

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1. it is time for us to go.

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2. DAH!!