US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out

[katty]

US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out


Aug 21, 12:47 PM (ET)

By MATTHEW LEE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA


more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080821/D92MPQ480.html


BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The negotiations over a withdrawal timetable follow long insistence by President Bush that setting any schedule for U.S. troops to leave would be dangerous. The draft agreement with Iraq would link troop reductions to achievement of certain security milestones, although the details have not been made public.

Time has become ever more important in discussions between U.S. and Iraqi officials with Bush heading into its final months and the presidential candidates tussling daily over how and when they would move to end the war.

[Vincardog]

1. How is this for a time horizon plan: NOW

[katty]

2. yes! a new day-out NOW

[dipsydoodle]

3. Does that include

the contractors ?

[Da Fusa]

4. who cares if it does or doesn't? The Iraqi government can make that decision

when we get our troops out

[katty]

5. yeah, I'm sure D Perino will refuse to answer that ques