EXCLUSIVE - Iraq's Maliki Says U.S. Military Trainers Might Stay -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said U.S. troops might still be able to stay in Iraq as trainers beyond a 2011 withdrawal date, even though the country's political blocs have rejected giving immunity to any American soldiers.
Maliki last week won backing from Iraq's leaders for U.S. troops to stay on for training, but without the legal immunity demanded by Washington as part of an accord for an American military role in Iraq more than eight years after the invasion.
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More News On the American Withdrawal From Iraq
Iraq's Maliki says U.S. military trainers might stay past December -- Stars and Stripes
Iraqi Officials Consider Extension Options for US Troops -- Voice of America
Iraq 'may bar' US trainers from 2012: top official -- AFP
U.S. seeks to redraw Iraq training plan -- Washington Post
Timeline: Invasion, surge and withdrawal: U.S. troops in Iraq -- Reuters
My Comment: For the past year the Iraqi government has been all over the place on whether to keep (or not) US soldiers in the country. But with news stories like this one and this one .... they must now realize that some decision will have to be made. But with no immunity .... US forces will be leaving.
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