Heard this before but who knows - 100000 troops out of Iraq by Dec 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 100,000 U.S. troops could return home from Iraq by the end of 2008, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in an interview aired on Sunday although he proposed that several American military bases stay in Iraq.

Speaking on CNN television, Talabani envisioned faster U.S. troop reductions than U.S. commanders have discussed in public. But he stressed that the pace of withdrawal was up to those commanders and did not explain why he foresaw a faster pullout.

source: Reuters

This is the 20th or so time I have heard some Iraqi politician say this and then violence immediately flares up again. Not holding my breath.

Iraq, War