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| Recent acts of violence won't affect U.S. pullout deadline |
| 2010-06-20 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi foreign ministry undersecretary said on Saturday that recent acts of violence, including the attack by seven suicide bombers on the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), would not slow down the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, scheduled for August and December 2011. “The U.S. pullout will take place by virtue of an agreement between the two countries,' Labid Abbawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Seven suicide bombers had attacked the financial complex, which includes the CBI, in central Baghdad on June 13, 2010, leaving 18 killed and more than 70 others wounded as well as the death of the attackers. The Iraqi government then said that the operation carried the Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) hallmark as indicated by investigations that followed the bloody incidents, confirmed later in a statement in which the so-called Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), a group affiliated to the AQI, claimed responsibility for the operation. |
| Posted by:Steve White |