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Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Safar 25, 1431

4177 CAA employees reinstated
US to vacate Iraq by 2011

Hameed Shaheen

Islamabad—The President intends to keep our commitment under the Status of Forces Agreement to remove all of our tr4oops from Iraq by the end of 2011", categorically announces this the official foreign policy website of the US government.

It says that by August 31, 2010, the US combat mission in Iraq will end and Iraqi Security Forces will have full responsibility for major combat missions. After August 31, 2010, the mission of United States forces in Iraq will fundamentally change.

The US Iraq-deployed forces will have three tasks: train, equip, and advise the Iraqi Security Forces; conduct targeted counter-terrorism operations; and provide force protection for military and civilian personnel.

President Barack Obama intends to keep US commitment under the Status of Forces Agreement to remove all of American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, it adds.

There seems a basic shift in Western Asia US foreign policy.

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