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US Asked Iraq to Accept Troops Until 2015

HeadlineAug 28, 2008

New details have emerged about the ongoing US-Iraqi negotiations on keeping American troops in Iraq. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told al-Hurra television the Bush administration has demanded approval to remain in Iraq until 2015.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani: “There is a written agreement. It was a US proposal for the date, which is 2015, and an Iraqi one, which is 2010. Then we agreed to make it 2011. Iraq has the right, if necessary, to extend the presence of these troops.”

The Bush administration has refused to comment on details of the talks.

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