| A top Iraqi official said on Sunday the idea of reducing the number of the 100,000 plus US troops deployed in Iraq would be possible by next year. Muwaffaq Rubaie, the Iraq national security advisor, told the CNN in an interview that Iraqi Security Forces are on the right track to take over security responsibility from the multinational forces. But he declined to say how many troops will be withdrawn from Iraq to keep insurgents in Iraq puzzling. "We hope by the end of the year probably more than a third of this security force, Iraqi security force, are going to be able to operate independently. |