Cheney: Iraq security boost won't speed US withdrawals
by Staff Writers
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008
US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday he had seen significant security improvements in Iraq but warned that this would not automatically yield more American troop withdrawals after July.
"No, it does not," Cheney said during a surprise visit to Baghdad, stressing that troop levels would be guided by "conditions on the ground in the months ahead".
Related Links
Iraq: The first technology war of the 21st century
Five years on, Iraq still a nation at war
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008
Five years after US-led invasion troops swept through Iraq, feared dictator Saddam Hussein is dead and an elected government sits in Baghdad -- but Iraqis remain beset by rampant violence, political stalemate, economic woes and the humiliation of a foreign occupation.
|
|
|
