Since the pullout of the U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraqi security forces have sometimes struggled to maintain order.
In the years after the pullout, the U.S. continued to watch Somalia for its potential to harbor terrorists.
The U.S. rejected these accusations and didn't comply with the Monday deadline demanded by Mr. Karzai for the pullout.
" Canada's chief delegate said the pullout "undoubtedly makes the work being undertaken in Durban that much more difficult.
Think about it--from the cute Honda CRX with the pullout tailgate table to the climb-anything-anywhere Jeep Liberty to the blot-out-the-sun Chevy Avalanche.
He said Iraq's politicians have the most to lose from the pullout.
Berlusconi insisted he's not speeding up the pullout because of terror threats, that he was merely reiterating an earlier pledge to start bringing troops home.
Republicans have criticised the pullout citing concerns over Iraq's stability, but a recent poll by the Pew Research Centre found that 75% of Americans backed the troop withdrawal.
Once the pullout is completed, "several hundred" Yugoslav troops would be allowed to return to Kosovo to protect religious shrines and border locations, CNN's Wolf Blitzer reported from Washington.
The prep staff stock the pullout drawers beneath the counters with slabs of marinated meat and fish, serving-size baggies of pasta and crabmeat, steaming bowls of brown rice and mashed potatoes.
When asked whether troops might be sent back if Iraq becomes unstable after the pullout, a senior aide said the president has always said he wanted some flexibility on the issue.
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"They both agreed that there should be a time horizon for the pullout of the American troops and to be agreed by both sides after rehabilitating and training the Iraqi security forces, " the spokesman said.
President Barack Obama's plan calls for the U.S. to begin drawing down its 100, 000 troops in the country in July, but Mr. Obama and North Atlantic Treaty Organization commanders haven't specified the speed and extent of the pullout.
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But now the fight on the Democrats' side is especially bitter because it's about superdelegates and about the regular pledged delegates and the pullout of Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who was pledged for Hillary Clinton, now says he's not pulling out and is up in the air.
The DMK pullout will now make the government more dependent on such outside parties, limiting its room to push through key policy decisions.
Correspondents say there is no immediate threat to the government, but the DMK pullout will make it more difficult for it to pass legislation - the Congress party is dependent on several regional allies for support in parliament.
The government didn't have a majority in Parliament even before the DMK pullout and it has been surviving on support from parties which aren't part of the coalition but have been voting in its favor on key issues.
Their refusal to give Obama any credit for the fall of Gadhafi (some gave more credit to Great Britain and France) and harsh criticisms of his Iraqi timetable (the final pullout from Iraq was set by George W. Bush, not Obama) plays well with the Republican base, but looks small to other voters.
He was the last reporter in Gaza after the Israeli pullout in 2005.
Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said the Gaza pullout was a painful step, but essential to secure Israel's future.
City officials say they were surprised by the sudden pullout, especially since Hennessy had an agreeable conversation with Deputy Mayor Steel earlier that same week.
What happened immediately after the US pullout is another story completely.
After the US pullout from Iraq in December 2011, relations between Ankara and Baghdad have sharply deteriorated, with Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister, pronouncing Turkey a "hostile state".
France had originally planned on starting to draw down troops in late March, but French President Francois Hollande now says that the gradual pullout of France's 4, 000 troops will start in April.
The early departure of Chadian forces raises questions about how feasible the planned French pullout will be if the French want to maintain the inroads made against armed Islamic extremists in northern Mali.
The right-wing Likud, having tried to swallow what was originally a leftist idea (though Mr Sharon, unlike the left, may have intended the Gaza pullout to be Israel's final withdrawal from occupied territory) was near fission.
Although overall violence is sharply down on the levels of several years ago, the surge in US military deaths in May has left many here feeling uneasy about what will happen as the Americans begin their pullout, the BBC's Nicholas Witchell in Baghdad says.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNN) -- The United Nations pullout from Gorazde met up with trouble before leaving the U.N. designated safe area.
The hoped-for pullout will not end the mistrust between India and Pakistan.
The Israeli government has already decided on a unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank.
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