Publication Date:
Tue, 2011-08-02 11:50
Tuesday’s comments by Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen could make it more difficult for the troops to stay here.
Washington has offered to let up to 10,000 US troops stay and continue training Iraqi forces on tanks, fighter jets and other military equipment.
Mullen told reporters in Baghdad that Iraq’s president and prime minister have promised to quickly consider the offer.
But Iraq’s parliament must approve giving the troops immunity. And lawmakers are leery of extending the US military’s presence after promising Iraqis the Americans would withdraw by Dec. 31.
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