It’s Timetable Time
Dan Froomkin Washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2008
… “‘The total withdrawal will be completed by December 31, 2011. This is not governed by circumstances on the ground,’ the spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told Iraqi reporters, pointedly rejecting the more conditional language that the U.S. government had sought in the accord.” ….
… “there is no doubt that the accord, if passed by parliament, would sharply reduce the U.S. military’s power in Iraq. American soldiers would be required to seek warrants from Iraqi courts to execute arrests, and to hand over suspects to Iraqi authorities. U.S. troops would have to leave combat outposts in Iraqi cities by mid-2009, withdrawing to bases. …
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