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sonz
12-26-2005, 09:08 PM
The top U.S. military commander admitted that the Iraqis want occupation forces to leave their country “as soon as possible”, according to AFP.

The admission by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine General Peter Pace came after the Pentagon announced that it will cut the current level of 160,000 troops in IRAQ by two army brigades, which amounts to about 7,000 soldiers.

"Understandably, Iraqis themselves would prefer to have coalition forces leave their country as soon as possible," Pace said in an interview with Fox News. “They don’t want us to leave tomorrow, but they do want us to leave as soon as possible."

Pace denied that the Pentagon approved a plan to bring U.S. troop levels in IRAQ to below 100,000 by the end of next year. But he said that troop levels are being assessed on a monthly basis by General George Casey, the top U.S. military commander in IRAQ.

"They do a very, very thorough analysis, literally once a month, in great detail," Pace said. "They then determine how many troops they need to get the job done."

Meanwhile, former secretary of state Colin Powell said that he was certain there would be fewer U.S. soldiers in IRAQ in the next year. "I don't think we can sustain this level of presence with the force size that we have," he said on ABC's "This Week" program.

Some U.S. policy experts expected that IRAQ’s parliamentary elections would lead to a gradual withdrawal of occupation forces, but senior army officials have dismissed that forecast as unrealistic.

However, a recent opinion poll by ABC News showed that U.S. military presence in IRAQ is increasingly unpopular. Two-thirds of those polled said they opposed the presence of occupation forces and about 60 percent strongly disapproved of the way the U.S. has operated in IRAQ since the 2003 INVASION.

When asked about a timing for a U.S. withdrawal, 26 percent said occupation troops should "leave now," while 19 percent said a pullout could be appropriate after the Iraqis form a new government based on the outcome of the Dec. 15 elections.

The United States is facing growing opposition to the war. Democrats have been pressing the Bush administration to lay out plans for a withdrawal. Recent polls show that the Americans are unhappy with Bush’s handling of the war.

More than 2,100 American soldiers died in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led INVASION.

IRAQI DEATHS deaths are put at more than 30,000.

* Violence

Gunmen attacked a checkpoint at Buruz, near Baquba, killing more than five Iraqi policemen and wounding four others, police said, according to BBC.

Report say about 30 men attacked the checkpoint early Monday with mortar, anti-tank and small arms fire. "They attacked us from all sides," said one police officer at the scene.

Police said six rebels were killed when policemen returned fire.

Violence surged in IRAQ in recent days following a brief lull in attacks during the elections.

More than seven Iraqis were killed in bomb explosions in Baghdad on Monday, including an attack on a Shia funeral ceremony.

* In other developments;



* The governor of the north-eastern province of Diyala survived a car bomb attack. One of his bodyguards was killed and two others wounded, BBC reported.
* Gunmen shot dead a local councillor in a town north-east of Baghdad.
* The U.S. army announced that two soldiers were killed in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
* A Sunni politician was kidnapped by gunmen while traveling from the capital to Baquba.
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akulion
12-26-2005, 09:23 PM
These greedy liars will never leave
Only thing will happend to them is as happend to the firaun and his armies insha'Allah!
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