Challenges Loom As Iraqi Forces Start To Take Over

All Things Considered, September 9, 2008 · In Iraq, the increasingly assertive government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is demanding a timetable for U.S. withdrawal as part of a security agreement being negotiated with Washington. If conditions on the ground continue to improve, Baghdad government officials say U.S. combat troops could be out of Iraqi cities by June 2009 and the rest of the country by 2011.... [read full story]