Word: withdrawals
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...TIME: When will prime ministerial elections be held, and will the military maintain any political role after the elections? SONTHI: We are looking at a new election by the end of this year. The military will withdraw from politics and we will become, as we want to be, professional soldiers who will help develop the country...
...relented on Siniora's refusal to allow U.N. peacekeeping troops to use force, and on his demand that a U.N. resolution call for Israel's withdrawal from the disputed Shebaa Farms territory, which he insists "is Lebanese land and they should withdraw from it. I cannot go and ask Hizballah to surrender their arms while my country is still occupied." He wants the U.S. to do more to pressure Israel to pull out, but so far Washington prefers not to add to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's burdens...
...occupation. We are after a real cure, which is the end of the occupation. I have to arrange for the liberation of the Shebaa Farms [disputed territory occupied by the Israelis]. You will tell me, Shebaa farms, is it that important? It is Lebanese land and they should withdraw from it. It is as if they are creating always a bleeding wound, that is ready to commence bleeding any time you irritate...
...Death Squads of Sadr City Re "Baghdad's Ground Zero" [Jan. 29]: Despite its best efforts to bring peace to Iraq, the U.S. has failed. Innocent Iraqis and U.S. troops are being killed in a useless war. It is high time that the world community ask the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq. America cannot bring peace to the country, so it should immediately stop interfering in Iraq's matters. Shailesh Kumar Bangalore, India...
...famous freckly face may soon head to Iraq. Just as Prime Minister Tony Blair announces plans to gradually withdraw British troops, PRINCE HARRY, 22, is set to embark on a tour of duty in Basra, according to sources in Whitehall. Britain's Ministry of Defence dismisses the reports, but Harry's past comments suggest that he'll report with his regiment. "There's no way I'm going to put myself through [Britain's military academy] Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting," Harry said in a 2005 interview. Should he serve...