Iraqi official: US pullout call premature
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Iraq&#39;s representative to the United Nations has said, in advance of an international conference on his country&#39;s future, that it is too early to discuss a US troop pullout.
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It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Leaders meeting on Iraq&#39;s future will back the interim government&#39;s war against insurgents but won&#39;t set a deadline for withdrawing US-led forces from Iraq -- despite a push by France and some Arab countries.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Leaders meeting on Iraq's future plan to give strong backing to the interim government's war against insurgents but won't set a deadline for withdrawing US-led forces, despite a push by France and some Arab countries.
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The measure does not set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops but requires the Iraqi government to meet a series of benchmarks.
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The United States and Iraq were at odds   on Saturday over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's   military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing   a delay of a handover ceremony.
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned that it may take the U.S. government as long as two years to process and admit nearly 10,000 Iraqi refugees referred by the United Nations for resettlement to the United States, because of bureaucratic bottlenecks.
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Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said Sunday it was too early to talk about a withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from his country.
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Iraqi security forces will need years of mentoring and support from U.S. forces, a senior U.S. commander said on Friday, warning against an American withdrawal before local forces can operate independently.
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Delaying Iraq's elections beyond  Jan. 30 would give insurgents a tactical victory and provide no  guarantee that security there would improve, Bush  administration officials said on Wednesday.
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LONDON: Britain is urging the United States to give a provisional timetable for the withdrawal of US-led forces from Iraq, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.
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It will be 12 to 18 months before the Iraqi Army can start taking over from U.S. forces, an independent commission said.
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The White House on Friday appeared resigned to the fact that the Iraqi parliament is going to take August off, even though it has just eight weeks to show progress on military, political and economic benchmarks prescribed by the United States.
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Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the military, few are signing up to go, officials say.
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US commander of operations north of Baghdad says Iraqi forces are unable hold areas taken from insurgents.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government could be within days of reaching what a US official calls a &quot;breakthrough&quot; deal to end fighting for control of Sadr City, a Shiite slum on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad.
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Talks between the United States and   Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq's armed   forces were deadlocked on Sunday, with Prime Minister Nuri   al-Maliki demanding more independence from the U.S. military.