CHAIRMAN'S FRIEND - U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with a young Iraqi resident of Samarra, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2008. Mullen is visiting the area which is trying to rebuild following the near destruction of the Golden Dome Mosque in 2006 by extremists. Mullen is touring the Central Command Area of Responsibility as host of 2008 USO Holiday Tour. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyFrom Yahoo News/AP:
BASRA, Iraq – American troops will move into southern Iraq early next year to replace departing British forces, the top U.S. general in Iraq said.
His comments came as Iraq's major parliamentary parties reached a compromise Sunday to allow approval of a resolution allowing all foreign troops other than Americans to remain in Iraq until July 2009. Britain has said its 4,000 troops will withdraw from the southern port city of Basra by the end of May.
Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the overall commander of U.S. and allied forces in Iraq, said in an interview with The Associated Press late Saturday that he is considering moving either a brigade or division headquarters — about 100 personnel — as well as an undetermined number of combat troops to Iraq's second-largest city.
Read more ....
My Comment: It appears that by June 2009, the only foreign troops in Iraq will be American.
No comments:
Post a Comment