While Bush Announces 8,000 Troop Withdrawal, Leaked Draft Agreement
Calls for Indefinite Occupation

Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar: The U.S./Iraq agreement legitimizes long
term bases and calls for an indefinite number of U.S. troops to remain
in Iraq.

Amy Goodman: President Bush announced Tuesday he would withdraw 8,000
troops from Iraq by February. He also called for a, quote, "quiet
surge" in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The President
outlined his plan in a speech at the Naval War College.