OUTGOING COMMANDER: Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin says that he's concerned Iraqis won't be able to maintain US counterinsurgency gains once American forces leave. Khalid Mohammed/APUS General: American Forces May Not Leave Key Iraqi Cities -- Christian Science Monitor
The top commander of ground forces in Iraq says that US troops may stay longer than the June deadline in Baquba and Mosul.
BAGHDAD - The US withdrawal from Iraq is under way. Some troops are preparing to go home and others have pulled back from outposts to bases. But the planned pullback of American soldiers from all Iraqi cities by the end of June will probably not be fully met.
In an exclusive interview, the top US ground commander in Iraq says that while Iraqi forces have made huge strides, Iraqi officials are likely to ask for US help in the key cities of Baquba and Mosul, meaning that American troops may stay there after the deadline for redeployment to major bases. Senior military commanders say US troops will also likely stay on in the southern city of Basra.
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