So much for the wisdom and foreign policy experience of mr stay-in-iraq for 100 years
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have discussed a time-frame to transfer security from US forces to Iraqi troops and so be able to cut the number of American forces, the government spokesman said on Friday.
The two leaders talked on Thursday evening via secured video link and discussed the growing abilities of Iraqi troops in managing security in the country, Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.
"They focused on having a
time-frame for the complete transfer of security responsibility into the hands of the Iraqi forces in order to
decrease the number of American forces in Iraq and later withdraw them," Dabbagh said.
He said the two leaders vowed to work on "increasing the ability of Iraqi forces to improve the security situation on the ground so as to achieve this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080718/pl_afp/iraqunrestbushmaliki_080718145208
