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Vendaval -> Iraq officials calling for withdrawal deadline (7/8/2008 9:15:11 PM)
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Does 2011 seem early or late for a withdrawal?
"Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011"
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.
Ali al-Dabbagh said any timetable would depend on "conditions and the circumstances that the country would be undergoing." But he said a pullout within "three, four or five" years was possible.
"It can be 2011 or 2012," al-Dabbagh said. "We don't have a specific date in mind, but we need to agree on the principle of setting a deadline."
Al-Dabbagh's comments come as the United States and Iraq try to negotiate a framework governing the stationing of U.S. and allied troops beyond the end of 2008, when the current U.N. mandate for coalition forces expires."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/08/us.iraq/index.html?iref=topnews
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