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| Troop withdrawal starts in southern Iraq |
| 2006-06-23 |
| SAMAWA - The governor of Iraq’s southern province of Muthanna said foreign troops began their withdrawal on Thursday, days after Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki announced a handover of security in the region. “The withdrawal of the Multi-National Forces from Muthanna province starts today. It will take more than a month to complete this withdrawal,” Governor Mohammed Al Hasani told a news conference in the provincial capital Samawa. A British military spokesman in Basra said the withdrawal process had already been under way for some time and would take around six weeks. British Defence Minister Des Browne said this week British forces, who have about 7,000 troops in Iraq, will still monitor security although Iraqis will have overall responsibility. “It is not decided where the troops will be based but we will keep a responsible overwatch,” Browne told Reuters. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 they'll prolly overstep (along with Sadr) and go for Sistani...big mistake, which could allow the killing of Tater |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-23 20:39 |
| #3 Clearly the Iraqi government sees Tater as an internal matter -- good luck with that. The bigger issue is Iran knocking off the more nationalistic Shite leaders as a precursor to a grand take-over of the south. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-23 20:33 |
| #2 Wait a minute! We can't have any withdrawal without it being forced down our throats by the Democrats! Otherwise people may start to think we are actually winning this thing! It has to be because the dims overpowered Bush and forced it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-23 10:05 |
| #1 Hasn't Sadr been responsible for security in Southern Iraq for 2 years? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-06-23 09:23 |