I heartily agree with Al-Maliki. Time to oust, get the oust out, oust back to our own shores and rebuild our country. Every month we don't oust, its another $12 billion and numerous lives down the drain.

Jim P, Sacramento, United States

Neoconservatism and their wars are dying, but the British Labour Party flails on!

Labour members in Britain should insist that all the pro-war Blairites step down, because Britain really would be better served by actual, peaceful Labour rather than the newer, kinder, gentler face of Thatcherism.

Mark Kraft, Santa Clara, CA, USA

...I take it that we have bulldozed and decimated the country sufficiently to make going in and rebuilding it's infrastructure a reality...

Abdul Majeed, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

"an unprovoked war of aggression that has caused a human tragedy that history will remember" ? WHAT???? how about liberate a country from a murderous dictator..have you forgotten the Kurds?
Eineh Teb, I see you live in Los Angeles,-- in America...yet you blast America..quite whining and leave!!!

Matt, Houston, USA

In Dec, IA started forming the Presidential Bde.
A five bn mix of Armor, Motorized, and Lt Infantry.
Its job is to protect key govt insts in Baghdad, replacing the contracted security.
This is just the transfer discussions as part of Baghdad PIC, planned for January. The Bde is comming on-line.

DJ Elliott, Westminster CO, USA

The liberation of Iraq continues despite whatever "accords" or "treaties" or "agreements" the puppets in Baghdad sign with the terrorist occupiers. Let the Americans build their new embassy and whatever. It won`t matter.

Have you learned nothing from Vietnam?

Walt, Basel,

Nouri al-Maliki needs to learn a lesson from Ngo Dinh Diem. Or else he knows the history of the CIA-approved coup in South Vietnam, Nov., 1963, and is one of the bravest men on earth.
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George, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

This is the time all Americans have quietly wished for during this war. that the Iraqi PM thinks they are ready on this time table is fantastic. If it is a mistake it is their mistake to make as a free people and we all should support this for both our sakes. Mission accomplished!

Dennis Winchell, Cape Coral, USA

This is called 'progress.' It's what the US wanted all along: an independent Iraq. Over here in the States, we consider this good news, and hope the Iraqis can handle it.

Einah Teb, Los Angeles,

It is absolutely sickening to see a comment like Cybella's, bemoaning shed "American blood" in Iraq, while the blood shed by a million Iraqis does not even rate a mention.

America launched an unprovoked war of aggression that has caused a human tragedy that history will remember.

kumbaya, amityville,

How dare al-Maliki, a mere Iraqi, tell the US what to do. Who the hell does he think he is…Ehud Olmert?

Phil Ishmael, Liverpool, England

I see .... al--Maliki spuriously derives confidence from America's military victories derived from American blood shed enabling him to declare terrorism defeated in Iraq, even as he claims reconstruction triumphs from American treasure generously given towards the birth of a free and rich Iraq.

Cybella, Porter Ranch,

I'm sure the Iraqis can handle it. Once we took our boot off the necks of the Anbar residents and started working with them like equals, Al Qaeda was defeated. I never could understand the theory that 10,000 (various estimates) AQ's could conquer a country of 25 million.

duane lominac, las vegas, USA

Question to James Bennett: which country is the Green Zone in?

Arth Denton, Easton, USA

Why should they cry for US to return? Iran is next door. Keeping US away from Middle East is the best choice for everyone. US is known with immoral administration.

Don't touch them, if you don't want them to touch you....Learn from history..

Mike, La Habra, USA

I was in the green zone from 2005-2007 and am going back soon. I dont think the area is ready for such a big step as truning over the zone to the Iraq Government.

If they do follow through with the turnover by end of 2008 it wont last long and then he will be crying for the US to return.

James Bennett, Milton, USA