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To: steve harris who wrote (260633)	11/16/2005 9:40:05 PM
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Top Commander Denounces Call for Iraq Withdrawal Deadline WP ^ \| Nov 16 2005 \| Ellen Knickmeyer BAGHDAD, Nov. 16 -- A top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday denounced calls by some U.S. senators and others for a deadline on withdrawal from Iraq, calling that "a recipe for disaster" for the 2 -year-old war. "Setting a date would mean that the 221 soldiers I've lost this year, that their lives will have been lost in vain," said Maj. Gen. William Webster, whose 3rd Infantry Division is responsible for security in three-fourths of Iraq's capital. Webster's criticism of a withdrawal deadline referred to a Democratic proposal that would have required U.S. leaders to fix a rough date for pulling out the more than 140,000 Americans in Iraq. Senate Republicans, however, joined Democrats in stepping up pressure on the White House to wind down the increasingly unpopular war, approving a measure setting 2006 as a "period of significant transition creating conditions for the phased redeployment of United States' forces from Iraq." Signaling the intended timing of a withdrawal likely would only cue Iraq's armed factions to lie low for a time, gathering their strength and laying plans for renewed conflict when the Americans leave, Webster said. In recent weeks, several Iraqi insurgent groups -- not including Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq -- have suggested a truce in return for a U.S. deadline on withdrawal, among other conditions. "Our troops are trying to get this accomplished," Webster told a small group of reporters. "They believe they're doing the right thing. The soldiers believe they're helping." While the United States has an exit strategy from Iraq, Webster said, he believed leaders had yet to even privately fix a plan setting dates for phased withdrawals. "I think it's a recipe for disaster," he said of the demands for such deadlines. "Setting a date is a loser." (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...