UN weighs measure extending US-led force in Iraq

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02177266.htm

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Wednesday authorizing the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq to remain there through the end of next year.

Council diplomats predicted the measure would be approved in the next week or two, well before the Dec. 31 expiration of the current mandate of the force, which now numbers about 175,000 troops.

Russian Ambassador Andrei Denisov, the council president for November, said discussions would be needed and predicted approval would not be "an automatic procedure."

Washington and London drafted the measure after Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari wrote the council requesting the extension and acknowledged Baghdad's own troops were not yet strong enough to provide security on their own.

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1. Ever think that they "only have to be there.... because they are

there?? Interesting take, no?

[teryang]

2. Knock yourself out!

Our rivals must love watching our retrograde crypto-fascist elites destroy our country and ruin our institutions.

It's more than they could have ever hoped for.