January 28, 2005
By ELISABETH BUMILLER, DAVID E. SANGER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: January 28, 2005
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 – President Bush said in an interview on Thursday that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq if the new government that is elected on Sunday asked him to do so, but that he expected Iraq’s first democratically elected leaders would want the troops to remain as helpers, not as occupiers.
April 10, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus: US Forces Can Start Withdrawing
KIM GAMEL | April 10, 2008 05:54 PM EST | AP
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister got a show of support from political leaders of both Muslim sects on Thursday as he moved to isolate anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his followers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/10/iraqi-prime-minister-nour_n_96084.html
