Annan says expects Syrian pullout timetable soon (Not a word about Iraq)

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22597172.htm

ALGIERS, March 22 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday he expected Syria to present a credible and precise timetable on a full withdrawal of its troops and security services from Lebanon by early next month.

Annan told reporters after talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the sidelines of an Arab summit that he would be sending his special envoy to Lebanon, Terje Roed-Larsen, in the first week of April.

"I would expect him to come back with a credible and well-defined timetable" for a Syrian withdrawal, Annan said.

Annan said full implementation of U.N. resolution 1559, which was passed in September and which called for full withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon and the disarming of militia, would follow.

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Isn't it about time for Kofi to take the knee pads off and go home and spend some more time with his family?