Troops to leave Iraq after 2011

IRAQI Premier Nuri al-Maliki last night said Washington and Baghdad have agreed there will be no foreign forces in Iraq after 2011, setting a timeline for a US withdrawal from the war-torn country.

Maliki stressed, however, that despite “significant progress”, there are “still points of disagreement crucial to both sides” in the proposed security pact that will decide the future of US forces in Iraq.

The White House, too, stressed there was no final accord with Baghdad on the controversial issue.