Exceptions Are Proposed to Deadline of Pullout From Iraq Cities

[Fireweed247]

BAGHDAD — The United States and Iraq will begin negotiating possible exceptions to the June 30 deadline for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraqi cities, focusing on the troubled northern city of Mosul, according to military officials. Some parts of Baghdad also will still have combat troops...

In Baghdad, however, there are no plans to close the Camp Victory base complex, consisting of five bases housing more than 20,000 soldiers, many of them combat troops. Although Victory is only a 15 minute drive from the center of Baghdad and sprawls over both sides of the city’s boundary, Iraqi officials say they have agreed to consider it outside the city.

In addition, Forward Operating Base Falcon, which can hold 5,000 combat troops, will also remain after June 30. It is just within Baghdad’s southern city limits. Again, Iraqi officials have classified it as effectively outside Baghdad, so no exception to the agreement needs to be granted, in their view.

Combat troops with the Seventh Field Artillery Regiment will remain in the heart of Baghdad at Camp Prosperity, located near the new American Embassy compound in the Green Zone. In addition to providing a quick reaction force, guarding the embassy and noncombat troops from attack, those soldiers will also continue to support Iraqi troops who are now in nominal charge of maintaining security in the Green Zone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/world/middleeast/27withdraw.html?ref=global-home

[robinlynne]

1. Is that sort of like no lobbyists will work in this government?

[Winterblues]

4. And also like One Brigade a Month will leave Iraq

Promises, Promises, Promises......Shouldn't make them if they won't be kept...

[Fireweed247]

2. We need to revive the anti-war protests

I believe that Obama will listen, but he needs us to DEMAND that they end these illegal immoral unending wars!

[Fireweed247]

3. kick

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