Iraqi cabinet votes to keep US troops
Posted on November 20th, 2008
By Scott Peterson
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
November 17, 2008 edition
A new pact that faces final approval from parliament will keep US troops in Iraq for up to three more years. By June 2009 US forces will pull back to major bases. … The pact specifies that US units are to withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 2009, with a final countrywide pullout by the end of 2011.
