THIS IS NUTS: IRAQI MILITARY RESTRICTS WHERE U.S. FORCES CAN GO IN IRAQ

Why are we staying in Iraq when the Iraqi military has said they will not allow U.S. forces to move through the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities?

http://www.examiner.com/a-2127289~Iraqis_restrict_US_operations_in_Baghdad.html

The Iraqi military has turned down requests from American forces to move unescorted through Baghdad and conduct a raid since the transition of responsibility for urban security at the end of last month, an Iraqi military commander said Monday.

U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas on June 30 under a security agreement with Iraq that requires all U.S. troops to be out of the country by the end of 2011.

Col. Ali Fadhil, a brigade commander in Baghdad, said the transfer had occurred with minor friction in the capital where violence has dropped dramatically since the sectarian bloodletting and insurgent attacks that swept much of the country in past years.

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