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Talabani: U.S. Democrats not to quit Iraq
11.11.2006
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BAGHDAD, November
10, -- President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday
that he had been assured by Democrat congressional
leaders during a recent visit to Washington that
they would continue to support the government here
and had no plans for a quick withdrawal from Iraq.
Mr Talabani, a Kurd whose post is ceremonial, said
Democrats also backed his idea of placing U.S.
troops in bases while putting Iraqis in charge of
security in and around cities.
''They all told me that they want the success of
Iraq's democratically elected government and
continued support for the Iraqi people to defeat
terrorism,'' Mr Talabani said about his trip to the
United States in late September.
''One of them (a Democrat leader) told me that any
early withdrawal will be a catastrophe for the
United States and the world,'' Mr Talabani, speaking
from his northern home town of Sulaimaniyah, told
the Dubai-based Al Jazeera satellite broadcaster. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd
Photo: Military |
Asked whether the resignation of Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld meant the Bush administration's
policy in Iraq would collapse, Mr Talabani said: ''I
know George Bush as a clear and strong man who does
not bow down to blackmail.''
He said that the `Americans made big mistakes in
Iraq', including the rejection of its leaders hopes
to form an interim Iraqi government immediately
after the invasion rather than occupying the country
for more than a year.
Speaking about foreign fighters who are known to
play a major role in the resistance that killed
thousands of Iraqis as well as U.S. troops, Mr
Talabani said the country was subject to a `foreign
invasion’.
AP
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