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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (343167)7/14/2007 6:37:31 PM
From: tejek   of 1577193
 
PM: Iraqis can keep peace without U.S. By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in the country when American troops leave "any time they want," though he acknowledged the forces need further weapons and training.

Let see.......the Iraqi PM says that Iraq can handle its own defense, conceding that they need a little bit more help.

The embattled prime minister sought to show confidence at a time when pressure in the U.S. Congress is growing for a withdrawal and the Bush administration reported little progress had been made on the most vital of a series of political reforms it wants al-Maliki to carry out.

And both the Americans and Iraqis have said they want American soldiers to withdraw from Iraq.

Moreover, the Pentagon on Friday conceded that the Iraqi army has become more reliant on the U.S. military. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, said the number of Iraqi battalions able to operate on their own without U.S. support has dropped in recent months from 10 to six, though he said the fall was in part due to attrition from stepped-up offensives.

But yet the Pentagon and the President of the US don't think its a good idea because bla bla bla. One thing is very clear neither Iraq nor the US are sovereign democracies.
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