1. Political Comment (2 November 2009)

    ...mid-2010 and withdraw altogether by the end of 2011. 'Abbas Sets Election Date In a move which probably signals the demise of Egyptian attempts to end to the rift at the heart of the Palestinian movement by mediating a rapprochement between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian President (and Fatah le...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 44
    Published at Mon, 02 Nov 2009
  2. Political Comment (26 October 2009)

    ...r troop withdrawals, which calls for an end to combat missions by 31 August 2010 and the removal of all US forces by the end of 2011. Obama Engages With Sudan On 19 October President Barack Obama launched what could be a new era of engagement in Washington's problematic relations with Kh...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 43
    Published at Mon, 26 Oct 2009
  3. Political Comment (24 August 2009)

    ...erican plans to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 and to leave the country altogether by the end of 2011. Hamas Confronts Salafists With the Palestinian leadership already divided between the secular nationalists of Fatah in the West Bank and the Islamists of Hamas in Gaza, a fu...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 34
    Published at Mon, 24 Aug 2009
  4. Political Comment (6 July 2009)

    ...rces by 31 August 2010, followed by the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, as provided for in last year’s Status of Forces Agreement. Assuming everything goes according to plan (which is probably a rash assumption in Iraq), it is only then that a truly independent Iraq will have to...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 27
    Published at Mon, 06 Jul 2009
  5. Political Comment (20 April 2009)

    ...ymond Odierno,  remains confident that the US will complete its withdrawal from Iraq by the 31 December 2011 deadline set by President Obama.  Speaking on CNN, Gen Odierno acknowledged that “there are still some elements that are able to conduct some very serious attacks,” but, when asked to grade on...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 16
    Published at Mon, 20 Apr 2009
  6. Political Comment (9 March 2009)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LII No 10 9-Mar-2009 Political Comment (9 March 2009) The US will be out of Iraq altogether by the end of 2011, according to the timetable announced by President Barack Obama. On her first visit to the region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ha...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 10
    Published at Mon, 09 Mar 2009