tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064223436806222774.post-42071558203610249542008-07-14T11:58:00.000-07:002008-07-16T10:16:44.956-07:00From <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7504571.stm">BBC</a>: <blockquote><p><span style="font-family:Geneva,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:97;">(BBC)- "The prime minister was widely quoted as saying that in the negotiations with the Americans on a Status of Forces Agreement to regulate the US troop presence from next year, "the direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on a timetable for their withdrawal".<br><br> That was the version of Mr Maliki's remarks put out in writing by his office in Baghdad...<br><br> In an audio recording of his remarks, heard by the BBC, the prime minister did not use the word "withdrawal". What he actually said was: "The direction is towards either a memorandum of understanding on their evacuation, or a memorandum of understanding on programming their presence." </span></span></p></blockquote>B-Medianoreply@blogger.com