Associated Press report, Oct. 24, 2006: “U.S. officials said Tuesday Iraqi leaders have agreed to develop a timeline by the end of the year for progress in stabilizing Iraq, and Iraqi forces should be able to take full control of security in the country in the next 12 to 18 months with ‘some level’ of American support.”
Associated Press report, Oct. 25, 2006: A “defiant” Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “slammed the top U.S. military and diplomatic representatives in Iraq for saying Iraq needed to set a timetable to curb violence ravaging the country. ‘I affirm that this government represents the will of the people, and no one has the right to impose a timetable on it,’ al-Maliki said.”
