November 21, 2005

Look: More Cowards Calling for Us to Cut and Run!

Iraqi Leaders Urge a Timetable for Eventual Troop Withdrawal


Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.

In a final statement, read by Arab League chief Amre Moussa, host of the three-day summit, they called for ``the withdrawal of foreign troops according to a timetable, through putting in place an immediate national program to rebuild the armed forces.'' No date was specified.

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The final statement also stated that ``resistance is a legitimate right for all people.'' The conference almost collapsed earlier today when Sunni leaders objected to the definition of ``resistance,'' al-Jazeera said.


Maybe we misunderstood Chalabi -- maybe he meant we'd be greeted with flowers and candy when we LEFT Iraq.

Full story here.

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