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Cheney: Iraq security boost won't speed US withdrawals

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Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008
US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday he had seen significant security improvements in Iraq but warned that this would not automatically yield more American troop withdrawals after July.

"No, it does not," Cheney said during a surprise visit to Baghdad, stressing that troop levels would be guided by "conditions on the ground in the months ahead".

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