US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates (AFP)

US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request.


US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates (AFP)

US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »