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[QUOTE]Originally posted by glassman: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Relentless.: [qb] I must have missed something? Weren't permanent bases always on the schedule? [/qb][/QUOTE]not openly, i think most of US assumed they were, but the admin has always denied it to the Iraqi's... still does in fact... [b]U.S. Not Seeking Permanent Iraq Bases, Ambassador Says By DAVID STOUT Published: June 5, 2008 WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Iraq on Thursday dismissed any suggestion that the Bush administration is maneuvering to set up permanent military bases in Iraq. “I’m very comfortable saying to you, to the Iraqis, to anyone who asks, that, no indeed, we are not seeking permanent bases, either explicitly or implicitly,” Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker said at a State Department news briefing. Mr. Crocker commented at length, and sometimes disdainfully, on a London newspaper report of “a secret plan” whereby the United States would keep 50 permanent military bases in Iraq, keep control of Iraqi airspace and insist on legal immunity for American soldiers and contractors.[/b] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/world/middleeast/05cnd-crocker.html?ref=world my understanding is that Congress (GOP controlled at that) passed RESOLUTIONS condemning the idea, but they were not binding as law... i beleive al-Maliki is in Iran this weekend seeing if they want to help in kicking US out now: [b]Iraqi PM in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders By ALI AKBAR DAREINI – 5 hours ago TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was in Tehran Saturday for talks that are expected to focus on a proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement that Iran fears will keep the American military in neighboring Iraq for years.[/b] http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5leYnvOpPqrVCiXxC65pROPNYBAD915DQ400 [/QB][/QUOTE]
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