Rudd says troops will leave Iraq by mid-2008


	Rudd says troops will leave Iraq by mid-2008

tabsey

11-29-2007 11:52 PM

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iraq, politics

tabsey says:

Guess there was a departure plan all the time. It read, "When political leaders change so may the need for a withdrawal plan".

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said today, setting a broad timetable for the soldiers to return
home.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/iraq-troops-coming-home/2007/11/30/1196037131014.html"><P>Australia has about 1500 troops in and around Iraq, but Mr Rudd
won power at Australia's national election with a promise to bring
front-line forces home.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/iraq-troops-coming-home/2007/11/30/1196037131014.html"><P>"The combat force in Iraq we would have home by around the
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