US troops will be gone within 10 years, says Iraqi minister

[babsbunny]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-troops-will-be-gone-within-10-years-says-iraqi-minister-773887.html

By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad
Friday, 25 January 2008


US military forces will not stay in Iraq for anything like as long as some American politicians are demanding, says the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari. He said crucial issues about "Who is in charge in Iraq – we or you?" would be settled in negotiations between Iraq and the United States, starting this month.


The Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, caused anger among Iraqis this month by saying during the New Hampshire primary that US military forces might stay in Iraq "for 100 years". Mr Zebari, asked by The Independent in Baghdad if the American army would be in Iraq in 10 years, said: "Really, I wouldn't say so."

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. "6 days, 6 weeks, I don't think it we'll be 6 months."

Try 20 years rummy.