1.0 link 112336 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/pentagon-fighting-off-pea_b_112336.html There's an emerging story that Iraqi leaders -- notably Nouri al-Maliki -- are standing up to the US by demanding a timeline for withdrawal. [See, for example, the latest New York Times account on July 11, one of many in recent days.] But far from this portrayal, it is more likely that al-Maliki and the Pentagon are conspiring to fool public opinion in both countries during an election year by finally promising a withdrawal deadline, with vague parameters of three...

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