U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ivan Eggel, a pararescueman, conducts security from a rooftop after fast roping from a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a proficiency exercise outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 10, 2009. Eggel is assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.From USA Today:
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Shiite vice president said Saturday his country fears a deterioration in security after U.S. troops withdraw, but that he is confident his nation's security forces are strong enough to respond to any increase in attacks.
"We're nervous about the United States leaving Iraq, but this is a challenge we have to take," Adil Abdul-Mahdi told The Associated Press at an international economic conference in Jordan sponsored by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.
President Obama has said he plans to end American combat operations in Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, leaving a contingency force of up to 50,000 to train and advise the Iraqi security forces. The remainder of American troops are required under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact to leave by the end of 2011.
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My Comment: He is not the only one who is nervous with what may happen in Iraq after all U.S. soldiers have left.