Kurd president calls for US forces to stay in Iraq
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The powerful leader of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region made his first public appeal for American forces to stay in Iraq, saying on Tuesday that if they leave sectarian violence may erupt.
While the Kurds generally want American forces to stay in Iraq, Massoud Barzani's speech Tuesday marked the fist time he's taken a public stance in favor of keeping an American troop presence in Iraq into next year. During a televised speech, Barzani said that if American troops leave, the sectarian violence that plagued Iraq after the US-led invasion might erupt anew. He called on the Iraqi government in Baghdad to sign an agreement with the Americans to keep forces in the country. (AP)
