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**vSzsgifP** · 06-13-2011, 05:51 PM

They ARE asking us to stay:

http://theiraqidinar.com/2011/06/05/...rkuk-governor/

Kirkuk, June 5 (AKnews) – Kirkuk governor Najmaddin Karim said on Sunday that US forces will stay in Kirkuk beyond the December 2011 deadline for their withdrawal set in a security agreement signed between Iraq and Washington in 2008.

Currently, there are some 47,000 remaining US troops in Iraq, about a quarter of the number that were stationed here following the 2003 invasion.

”We have told the US officials that until article 140 of the Iraqi constitution is implemented, the US forces must stay in the disputed areas,” said Mr. Karim, “…and the US officials have given us guarantees that their forces will remain.”

Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution outlines a three-stage process to resolving the disputes over areas contested by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.

06-13-2011, 05:51 PM	#12
vSzsgifP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	They ARE asking us to stay: http://theiraqidinar.com/2011/06/05/...rkuk-governor/ Kirkuk, June 5 (AKnews) – Kirkuk governor Najmaddin Karim said on Sunday that US forces will stay in Kirkuk beyond the December 2011 deadline for their withdrawal set in a security agreement signed between Iraq and Washington in 2008. Currently, there are some 47,000 remaining US troops in Iraq, about a quarter of the number that were stationed here following the 2003 invasion. ”We have told the US officials that until article 140 of the Iraqi constitution is implemented, the US forces must stay in the disputed areas,” said Mr. Karim, “…and the US officials have given us guarantees that their forces will remain.” Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution outlines a three-stage process to resolving the disputes over areas contested by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Baghdad.
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