Nouri al-Maliki in Washington

Video: Maliki open on US troop deal

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 Iraqi PM admits US troops may stay 
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The Iraqi prime minister has admitted US troops could stay in the country beyond 2011.

Under the US-Iraq Status of Forces agreement, American troops must exit the country by December 31, 2011.
 
But Nouri al-Maliki said at the US Institute of Peace in Washington: “if the Iraqis require further training … we shall examine this at that time”.
 
Al Jazeera’s Nick Spicer reports.

 
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