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ANALYSIS-U.S. withdrawal from Iraq on schedule -- for now

* Obama set on sticking to timetable * U.S. officials worry about repeat of 2006 violence * Flexibility built into troop withdrawal timeline By Ross Colvin and Michael Christie WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament's approval... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net

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  1. CRETE, GREECE - JUNE 03:  A Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 fighter bomber flies close toa VC-10 refuelling plane on June 3, 2009 near the island of Crete in Greece. British forces are continuing to withdraw from Iraq after combat operations officially ended in April 2009.
  2. Iraqi supporters of Shiite radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold pictures of him and his late father Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (C) during a protest in Baghdad on April 09, 2009.
  3. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Iraq's Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) aided by a translator (C) in the heavily fortified Green Zone August 21, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.
  4. WASHINGTON - APRIL 10:  U.S. President George W. Bush makes a statement on Iraq policy from the Cross Hall of the White House April 10, 2008 in Washington, DC.
  5. AMMAN, JORDAN - MARCH 18:  In this image released by the Jordan Royal Palace, King Abdullah II of Jordan (R) meets with U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at the Royal Palace March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan.
  6. WHEAT RIDGE, CO - NOVEMBER 21:  Obama supporter Mary Schaeffer argues with Obama critic Gary Henderson during a protest in front of a controversial billboard questioning the President's American citizenship at a used car lot on November 21, 2009 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20:  Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (L) delivers remarks during a news conference about health care reform with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at the U.S. Capitol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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