On the tarmac, Obama was greeted by Gen. Ray Odierno, the top commander in Iraq.Holly Bailey/Newsweek
Obama Says Iraq Faces 'Critical' 18 Months -- Yahoo News/AFP
BAGHDAD (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said on a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday that the next 18 months would be "critical," and told the war-torn country that it would soon have to look after itself.
Obama, who has called for an end to US combat operations in Iraq by August next year, also pledged he would stick to a timetable for all American troops to leave the country by the end of 2011.
"It is time for us to transfer (control) to the Iraqis," Obama told an audience of US troops soon after flying in to Baghdad aboard Air Force One on his first trip to Iraq since taking office three months ago.
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