(Reuters) US military in Iraq denies troop withdrawal plan

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US military in Iraq denies troop withdrawal plan

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Media reports that America and Britain plan to pull all their troops out of Iraq by the spring of 2007 are "completely false," the U.S. military in Iraq said on Sunday, reiterating there is no timetable for withdrawal.

Two British newspapers reported in their Sunday editions that the pull-out plan followed an acceptance by the two governments that the presence of foreign troops in Iraq was now a large obstacle to securing peace.

But a spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq reiterated previous statements by U.S. and Iraqi officials that foreign troops will be gradually withdrawn from the Arab country once Iraqi security forces are capable of guaranteeing security.

"This news report on a withdrawal of forces within a set timeframe is completely false," Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson said of the stories in Britain's Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Mirror, which quoted unnamed senior defense ministry sources.

[Voltaire99]

1. "Completely false"

Why, just like the case for war.

[varkam]

2. Heyyy, whaddya know? Using troops as political pawns!

Bush et al start making noise about a troop pull out after the midterm elections that they actually have no intention of following up on to help the repukes get a nice little rebound from a wildly unpopular war. This administration really makes me sick to my stomach.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. "there is no timetable for withdrawal." - well now, THAT I will believe

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They haven't got all them bases built yet in Iraq

But in the future they may withdraw all their "troops"

And man the bases with Phsyops and Mercenaries

But they ain't leaving,

EVER

unless the Iraqis kick them out.

And just ask Japan and Germany(and another 100 nations) how well that works out

(sigh)