GET THE US TROOPS OUT OF THAT DESERT......ALL OF THEM! THE US HAS SPENT YEARS "TRAINING" THESE PEOPLE TO DEFEND, PROTECT, AND MANAGE THEMSELVES. NOW LET THEM! THEY ARE THE ONES WITH ALL THE DAMN OIL, WE ARE THE UNEMPLOYED AND RAPIDLY BECOMING HOMELESS! BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME, AND BRING THE CHECKBOOK WITH THEM!
US troops could stay in Mosul past June 30
Commander: Troops to remain in al-Qaida-plagued Mosul if Iraq govt requests
Apr 14, 2009
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The top U.S. commander in a northern Iraq province where al-Qaida remains a strong threat says his combat troops may stay in cities there past a June 30 deadline requiring them to pull back.
Col. Gary Volesky told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday that his soldiers will only stay in Mosul and other nearby cities if the Iraqi government asks them to.
But on a day that Volesky held a memorial service for five soldiers who were killed in Mosul last week, the colonel did not rule out the possibility that would happen.
He described an ongoing assessment by Iraqi officials to decide. The June 30 deadline is part of a Jan. 1 security agreement between the U.S. and Iraq.
Mosul is considered al-Qaida's last stronghold in Iraq.
U.S. officials have long offered to remain in place past a series of deadlines outlined in the security agreement if they are needed and requested. But that's a difficult political decision for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, facing opposition from some Iraqi officials who want the Americans to leave as soon as possible.
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