U.S. to complete troop pullout from Iraq by 2011

By Xinhua,

Baghdad : Iraq and the U.S. have reached a draft agreement on a proposed withdrawal timetable and other issues on the U.S. military presence in Iraq beyond 2008, CNN reported Friday.

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Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud, who is also Iraq’s chief negotiator, told the channel that the U.S. troops would completely pull out by the end of 2011.

He also said the U.S. troops would stay clear of Iraqi cities by June 2009.

The deal must still be approved by both sides, Hamoud said.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a press conference Thursday that the deal was almost finalized and would be presented to Iraq’s leaders for review. If approved, the agreement still needs to go to the parliament.