Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-MalikiFrom The BBC:
The prime minister was widely quoted as saying that in the negotiations with the Americans on a Status of Forces Agreement to regulate the US troop presence from next year, “the direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on a timetable for their withdrawal”.
That was the version of Mr Maliki’s remarks put out in writing by his office in Baghdad.
It was widely circulated by the news media, and caught much attention, including that of Mr Obama.
There is only one problem. It is not what Mr Maliki actually said. … What he actually said was: “The direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on programming their presence.”
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My Comment: The same day that Barack Obama has an Op-Ed in the New York Times praising Iraq PM Maliki's remarks for an American Timetable for withdrawl, we now find out (later in the day) that Maliki never said what he is quoted as saying.
If Presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to be President, he better get his info straight.
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