Nov 16 2008
Iraqi Cabinet OKs Timetable for Withdrawl
President-elect Barack Obama campaigned on the promise that he would bring the Iraq War to an end in 16 months, a promise that gained credibility when Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki agreed with it. With his election to the highest office in the country, one question was if he would make good on his promise and remove troops from the country.
It now appears that the Iraqi Cabinet will help President Obama bring that promise to life. The Cabinet today approved a security pact that would set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. The 40-member council approved the pact, 27 to 13, that will set the withdrawal of U.S. troops from all Iraqi cities and towns by June 30, 2009 and a full withdrawal by December 31, 2011. The terms are”set and fixed” and “not subject to conditions on the ground.”
The measure must still pass the Council of Representatives, Iraq’s 275-seat parliament but there is “great optimism that they will pass it,” says Industry Minister Fawzi Hariri.
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