2008-07-08 Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demands US withdrawal timetable

2008-07-08 James Hider TimesOnline \US occupation of Iraq\Nouri al-Maliki http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4288108.ece Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demands US withdrawal timetable Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demands US withdrawal timetable  Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory. President Bush has long resisted a schedule for pulling his 145,000 soldiers out, arguing that it would play into the hands of insurgents. Nouri al-Maliki, the Shia Prime Minister, who boasted last week that he had crushed terrorism in the country, suggested that it was time to start setting time-lines.

&ldquo;Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory.&rdquo;   