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US withdrawal from Iraq
How will the Iraqi election impact US troop withdrawal plans?
Last Modified: 10 Mar 2010 12:21 GMT

Barack Obama, the US president, pledged to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by the end of August.

But will his plans be thwarted by increasing violence in the country?

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On Tuesday's Riz Khan we look at the impact of the country's recent parliamentary elections on the nation's stability and US withdrawal plans.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US ambassador to Iraq, joins the programme.

This episode of the Riz Khan show aired on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

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