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| Iraq |
| Sadrists see 'proof' that US won't honor pullout pact |
| 2008-12-15 |
| US plans to keep support troops in Iraqi cities beyond a June 2009 pullback target date were cited by a Shiite party on Sunday as proof of Washington's intention to cheat on a landmark security deal with Baghdad. The top US commander in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, said on Saturday that troops would remain in Iraqi cities in a support and training role even after the June 30 target date for the withdrawal of combat troops set by a security agreement signed last month. The Shiite movement of Muqtada Sadr, which strongly opposed the agreement, said Odierno's remarks showed that Washington had no intention of sticking by any of the deadlines set in the deal. "As we predicted, the comments fly in the face of the security agreement," the head of the movement's political bureau, Liwaa Sumeissim, told AFP in the central shrine city of Najaf. "When we rejected the agreement, we did so because we were totally convinced that the US side would never feel bound by it, particularly when it conflicted with motives that brought them here. "We do not believe the US administration feels bound by the agreement and we are convinced it will find any pretext to keep its troops" beyond the December 2011 deadline set for a full withdrawal, Sumeissim said. Last month's deal set June 30 next year as the deadline for "the withdrawal of combat forces from the cities, villages, and localities." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I read it twice and still missed anything that sounded proofy. Why its right there next to the proof that Bush lied about WMD or during the leadup to the Iraq war. Same shelf as the GloBull Worming proof... Leftists and useful idiots (but I repeat myself) don't require proof... its the feeling that counts! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-12-15 14:30 |
| #2 This from a bunch of dorks who worship a meteroite..... |
| Posted by: Flealet Sforza5131 2008-12-15 13:14 |
| #1 What was the 'proof' again? I read it twice and still missed anything that sounded proofy. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-15 09:41 |