Tuesday, December 16, 2008

AFP, Baghdad, Dec. 14, 2008 – US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday signed a security accord which calls for American troops to pull out of Iraq by the end of 2011.
The two leaders, in a symbolic ceremony, added their names to the accord which was officially signed on November 17 by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and US ambassador Ryan Crocker.
The signing was held at Maliki’s private office in the highly-fortified Green Zone of central Baghdad that houses the Iraqi government and US and British embassies.