The Iraqi foreign minister has requested a timeline for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq.

From Al-Jazeera:

The US must provide a “clear timeline” to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to operate in Iraq beyond this year, Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, has said.

His comments on Sunday are the strongest public assertion yet that Iraq is demanding a timeline for US withdrawal.

The Reuters news agency quoted Zebari saying an agreement, including the timeline, was “very close” and would probably be presented to the Iraqi parliament in early September.

Lets hope the Bush administration ends the “oil grab” and actually listens to the desires of the Iraqi government as well as the American public.

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