US reassures Iraq ahead of Afghan deployment

US reassures Iraq ahead of Afghan deployment
Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2009 - President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday sought to allay fears in Baghdad that a dramatic upping of the war effort in Afghanistan would come at the expense of its Iraq commitment. Just hours before Obama was to announce a surge of 30,000 more troops to the Afghanistan, the White House said Vice President Joe Biden had called Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a bid to assuage Iraqi ... more

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