US VP Visits Iraq Following US Troop Withdrawal From Cities

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US VP Visits Iraq Following US Troop Withdrawal From Cities

By VOA News
02 July 2009
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Baghdad for a visit the White House says is aimed at reiterating the U.S. commitment to withdraw forces from Iraq.

U.S. officials say Biden will discuss the importance of achieving political stability in the country during talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Vice President Jalal Talabani.

The vice president's visit comes just two days after the United States withdrew troops from Iraqi cities. The White House on Tuesday appointed Biden to oversee Iraq policy.

Earlier on Thursday, Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari told reporters Iraq aims to strengthen its military to deal with security challenges once all U.S. troops leave Iraq by the end of 2011.

Al-Askari praised Tuesday's U.S. pull-out from urban areas, saying it took place peacefully without problems.

Thursday, bombings killed at least three people in the Baghdad area, the first such violence since the withdrawal.

Authorities say a roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol in the capital Thursday, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding at least eight others.

Officials say at least two people were killed and 15 others wounded in a car bombing south of Baghdad.

A security spokesman, General Qassem Mohammed Atta in the capital says Iraqi troops are taking all precautions to stop terrorist attacks.

Meanwhile, police say a car bomb killed one person and wounded six others near the northern city of Kirkuk. Earlier on Thursday, police said gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi army officer near his home in Kirkuk.

U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by September of next year, leaving only advisors and trainers.

At present, about 130,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq to conduct combat duties outside cities, and to advise Iraqi forces within cities.

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Biden Says Iraqi Violence May Lead U.S. to Disengage (Update1

July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joseph Biden told Iraqi leaders that the U.S. might disengage from their country if it reverts to sustained sectarian or ethnic violence.

“Your future, successful future, is very much in our interest,” Biden said he told Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad today, according to a press pool report of the vice president’s visit to Iraq.

Biden told Maliki during private talks that if Iraq fell into a period of sectarian violence or engaged in ethnic violence, such a step would change the nature of U.S. engagement, a senior administration official said, according to the pool report. The aide did not offer specifics about the change, it said.

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama put the U.S. on a path toward a complete withdrawal of troops by 2011.

Biden is on a two-day trip to Iraq for talks with top Iraqi leaders. He carried a message from the president reinforcing the U.S. commitment to help Iraq maintain its security while the American military pullout proceeds.

The U.S. withdrew combat forces from Iraqi cities on June 30, a step that Biden said “marked a very important milestone on the road to a stable, secure and self-reliant Iraq,” according to the pool report.

In Iraq, a wave of attacks that may be intended to challenge the security transfer included a car bombing in the northern city of Kirkuk earlier this week that killed at least 41 people and wounded 120. Tensions between the Iraqi Arabs and Turkmen of the area on one side and Kurds on the other have simmered for the past six years over control of land and Kirkuk’s surrounding oil fields.

Maliki Comments

Maliki told reporters after his meeting with Biden that the June 30 pullout “confirms the credibility of the agreements in place” between the U.S. and Iraq, and that the accords are “being faithfully committed.”

Even as U.S. forces withdraw, the administration is committed to maintaining a program of training and equipping Iraqi security against insurgent attacks. The accord also promises a building of commercial, cultural and education ties.

Earlier in the day, Biden met with General Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and Christopher Hill, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. The vice president also had breakfast with his son Beau, an Army captain in Iraq.

Maliki said he discussed with Biden a future visit by Iraqi leaders to the U.S. “to meet with businessmen and representatives of universities,” according to the pool report.

It was Biden’s second trip to Iraq this year, but his first as vice president. He made several trips to Iraq as former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Obama plans to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq, currently at 131,000, to no more than 50,000 by August 2010.
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