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Maliki’s Deputy Open to a Post-2011 U.S. Troop Presence As Well

By | 07.23.09 | 2:23 pm

Not only is Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not the first high-ranking Iraqi official to suggest that the U.S. troop presence ought to continue after the 2011 deadline for withdrawal, he’s not even the first to do so at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Rafe al-Eissawi, Iraq’s deputy prime minister, More…