US Presidential candidates have begun trading blows over Iraq's demand for a pullout deadline for US troops.
On Tuesday Republican hopeful John McCain was on the defensive. McCain, who says it is too early to leave Iraq, said US pull-backs must be dictated by security conditions. Earlier, Democrat Barack Obama said the Iraqi government now shared his desire for a timetable for withdrawals. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday that Iraq was seeking such an arrangement in talks with Washington on the future US force structure in the country. Iraq hardened its position on Tuesday, saying it would reject any security pact with Washington unless it set a date for the pullout of US-led foreign soldiers.
(Deutsche Welle)
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