Iraq's Prime Minister: Some US Troops Can Remain After This Year

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad (file photo).

EXCLUSIVE - Iraq's Maliki Says U.S. Military Trainers Might Stay -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said U.S. troops might still be able to stay in Iraq as trainers beyond a 2011 withdrawal date, even though the country's political blocs have rejected giving immunity to any American soldiers.

Maliki last week won backing from Iraq's leaders for U.S. troops to stay on for training, but without the legal immunity demanded by Washington as part of an accord for an American military role in Iraq more than eight years after the invasion.

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