Iraqi prime minister says U.S. troops can go 'anytime they want'

[cboy4]

Time to go!

Even though I'm sure he'll lie about it like usual, I know I heard the idiot in the White House say we'd leave when the Iraqis say we can go.

Well, guess what?

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S. doubts of his government's military and political progress Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave "anytime they want."

One of his top aides, meanwhile, accused the United States of embarrassing the Iraqi government by violating human rights and treating his country like an "experiment in a U.S. lab.

Al-Maliki sought to display confidence at a time when pressure is mounting in Congress for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. forces. On Thursday, the House passed a measure calling for the United States to withdraw its troops by spring, hours after the White House reported mixed progress by the Iraqi government toward meeting 18 benchmarks.

During a news conference, al-Maliki shrugged off the progress report, saying that difficulty in enacting the reforms was "natural" given Iraq's turmoil.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/14/iraq.military.ap/index.html

[ShaneGR]

1. Shout this one far and wide....

But I suspect Bush will push for a new Prime Minister.