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Iraq warns of civil war if US troops leave
Iraq’s foreign minister warned on Monday that a quick American military withdrawal from the country could lead to civil war and the collapse of the government, as pressure on the Bush administration for a pull-out grows.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Iraqis “understand the huge pressure that will increase more and more in the United States” ahead of the progress report by the US ambassador and top commander in Iraq. “We have held discussion with members of Congress and explained to them the dangers of a quick pull out from Iraq and leaving a security vacuum,” Zebari said. “The dangers could be a civil war, dividing the country, regional wars and the collapse of the state.”

“In our estimations, until Iraqi forces are ready, there is a responsibility on the United States to stand with the government as the forces are being built,” he said.
You could help us out by getting some the political stuff done -- the oil revenue sharing agreement, the reapproachment with Sunni tribal chiefs, etc. Give Bush some political cover here and it will be easier to keep the troops in place.
Zebari also alleged that the Turkish army has 140,000 soldiers along its border with northern Iraq as part of a “great mobilisation”.

Turkey’s armed forces have urged its government to allow an incursion into neighbouring, mainly Kurdish, northern Iraq to crush Turkish Kurdish militants who use the region as a base to attack security and civilian targets inside Turkey. While Turkey has not said how many troops had been sent to the border, it had been believed to be in the tens of thousands.
Posted by: Fred 2007-07-10
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