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General: Iraq Will Take Over in 2007
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Last Edited | kal Dec 05, 2006 05:02pm |
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News Date | Tuesday, December 5, 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | The U.S. military expects all of Iraq to be under the control of Iraqi forces by mid-2007, the country's top American military spokesman said Tuesday.
"We would expect to see the entire country having reached provincial Iraqi control by early fall of next year," Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said at a news conference in Baghdad. "We should see the complete transfer of command and control of all Iraqi army divisions by late spring, early summer."
He said this is part of an accelerated timetable discussed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during their summit in Jordan last week.
In an interview with the U.S. television network ABC the day of the summit, al-Maliki said Iraqi forces would be ready. "I can tell you that by next June, our forces will take over the security of the country," he said.
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