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US Forces withdrawal from Iraq continues
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The process of the US troops withdrawal from Iraqi territories is taking place continuously and in a routine manner, an Iraqi Miliary source said on Tuesday.They're going to miss us when we're gone. "The the US troops withdrawal is taking place in a routine manner and according to a plan, prepared by the American forces, that is taking place through the highways in central and southern Iraq towards the strategic highway, allocated for the foreign forces in Iraq since 2003," the Iraqi military source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the American forces "are carrying out their logisticappliances, along with other goods and soldiers through the Startegic Highway," adding that "the American forces would head after their departure from Basra to Safwan, 60 km to the south of Basra, towards Kuwait.," confirming that the Strategic Highay had not witnessed any violence acts during the withdrawal. Noteworthy is that the Strategic Treaty, signed between Baghdad and Washington in 2008, the American forces were to completely withdraw from Iraq by the end of December next. Posted by: Steve White 2011-11-09 |
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