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...Washington's worst-kept secrets is that Senator Barack Obama is planning a "surprise" visit to Baghdad in the next few days - the better to refine his Iraq policy. It's a great idea: Anybody hoping to be President of the United States should experience, firsthand, the impact of American policy on Iraq and Iraqis. But just how much can Obama expect to see and hear of Iraq while in Baghdad? If he lets the U.S. military or the American embassy in Baghdad plan his itinerary, the answer is: not much...
...encourages Iraq's creditors to forgive some $70 billion remaining in foreign debt that the country accrued under former dictator Saddam Hussein. With Jordan appointing an ambassador to Iraq last week and Kuwait and Bahrain saying they are soon to follow, the U.A.E.'s announcement is being seen in Baghdad and Washington as evidence of warming relations between Shi'ite Iraq and its Sunni neighbors...
...Baghdad Iraq Wants a Withdrawal Date Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki implied on July 7 that he wants a new agreement with the U.S. to spell out when foreign troops will leave--the sort of timeline the Bush Administration has long opposed. Iraq's national security adviser chimed in the next day, saying Baghdad was "impatiently" waiting for the U.S. to pull out troops. "We're unambiguously talking about their departure," he said...
...have. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad and the White House downplayed the remarks on Tuesday. "Negotiations and discussions are ongoing every day. It is important to understand that these are not talks on a hard date for withdrawal," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe. There is some basis for this relatively calm assessment out of Washington. Last month, al-Maliki said negotiations over the SOFA had reached a "dead end." His Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, later admitted the comment was little more than a negotiating tactic...
...determining the departure of foreign forces. We're unambiguously talking about their departure," he told reporters in Najaf after a meeting with the Grand Ayatullah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shi'ite religious authority. It would indeed be ironic if al-Maliki, the man Washington has supported in Baghdad, ends up being the person who tells...