Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 7:45pm

In this photo released by the US Army on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, U.S.<br /><br />Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, G Troop, Task Force 1-35, 2nd Brigade Combat Team move out on patrol in search of weapons caches with an attachment of Iraqi Army soldiers during Operation Iron Pursuit on Monday, July 28, 2008 in 7 Nissan village, Diyala province, Iraq.<br /><br />Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later.<br /><br />(AP Photo/US Army, Sgt. Eric C. Hein, HO)AP - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.




 

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