Русская версияReports from Baghdad say a tentative deal to withdraw US combat
troops from Iraq could be finalised soon.
An Iraqi government
spokesman said, however, that the draft agreement contained no
fixed dates. Iraqi negotiators are reportedly proposing that US
troops end patrols of Iraqi towns and villages by the middle of
next year and for US combat troops to leave Iraq by the end of
2011. The spokeman stressed that these deadlines represented the
Baghdad government's negotiating position, not an explicitly agreed
text. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an
unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday but rejected any reports
that an Iraqi-US troop deal had been agreed.
(Deutsche Welle)
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