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| Iraqis agree coalition troops will stay | |
| 2004-06-06 | |
US President George Bush today said coalition troops would remain in Iraq beyond June 30 at the request of the interim Iraqi government. Bush was speaking after meeting his French counterpart Jacques Chirac in Paris to discuss a new UN resolution on the handover of sovereignty in Iraq. ’’Multinational forces will remain in Iraq to help this new government succeed in its vital work,’’ Bush told a joint news conference with Chirac, saying such a move came ’’at the request of the new government, at the request of the (Iraqi) prime minister’’. Bush said the US-led coalition in Iraq and the newly-formed government in Baghdad had exchanged letters detailing the conditions under which foreign forces would remain in the country after the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty on June 30. But the US president gave no indication when those forces might withdraw - an omission that is one of Chirac’s main objections to the current draft of the UN resolution. Chirac stressed that the thorny ’’issue of security arrangements between the Iraqi government and the multinational forces still needs to be worked out’’. He also insisted there was ’’no alternative’’ to a UN resolution in order to restore peace to Iraq. While both leaders emphasised their common views on Iraq it was clear major differences remain over the way forward after June 30. Chirac said ’’disorder’’ reigned in Iraq, calling the situation there ’’very precarious’’.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 LOL Lucky, well said! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-06 6:19:41 PM |
| #2 Mr Chirac, sir, most humble me, noble you, you look fantastic. Could you, would you, pray tell, tell us about the oil for french food program. Just a few words. Something, anything, a twitch, a knod, a wink, a smile, an account. Nothing ya say, Well said then! Your a man then and may you take a bow. Clapp, clapp. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-06 1:54:58 AM |
| #1 Alright then, lets see how long the local police stay firm and on duty, 'protecting' they're own people. I bet they will abandon they're posts and scramble like scared rabbits when the first rpg is launched! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-06-06 1:28:23 AM |