Occupation Iraq: Maliki's Mission

Did he succeed? Who knows?

I got an arrival and a departure, nothing in between.

Related: Occupation Iraq: Obama's Shift

"Maliki says Iraqi wrong to detain US troops" by Associated Press | July 27, 2009

WASHINGTON - The prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, says an Iraqi officer was wrong to order American soldiers detained after they killed three Iraqis while going after insurgents.

In an interview published yesterday in The Washington Post, Maliki said the Iraqi officer was “out of line’’ and “did not understand the agreement’’ that governs the US military since the withdrawal last month of US combat forces from Iraqi cities....

The prime minister told the Post the pact “clearly states that American forces have the right to defend themselves, and that’s what they did.’’

Two attackers and a bystander were killed Tuesday when an American convoy on its way to a police station to participate in a joint exercise came under attack in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad. Maliki is wrapping up a weeklong US visit.

Yeah, maybe, maybe not.

I'd have to find another source, because I sure as hell ain't believing this one.

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