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Iraq Minister Demands Exit Timetable

Posted Jul 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – Iraq won’t accept any security deal that doesn’t include strict guidelines for a US withdrawal, National Security Adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said today. The US waved off similar statements from Nouri al-Maliki yesterday, saying they didn’t believe the Iraqi PM really wanted a timetable, but Rubaie’s comments left little to interpretation. “Our stance in the negotiations … will be strong,” he said. “We will not accept any memorandum of understanding that doesn’t have specific dates to withdraw foreign forces.”

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Members of a Stryker Cavalry Regiment search a home in Sa'ada, about 20 miles north of Baghdad, in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
U.S. Army soldiers from 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment force their way into a home in Sa'ada, in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Monday, July 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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