ABC News - Richardson Wants U.S. Troops Replaced in Iraq
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ABC News - Richardson Wants U.S. Troops Replaced in Iraq
Peacekeeping troops from Arab countries and Turkey should replace U.S. forces in Iraq within a year, and Iran and Syria should serve as guarantors of regional stability, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said on Thursday.
Iran and Syria, regarded as a state sponsor of terrorism by Washington, should agree not to interfere in Iraq, the New Mexico governor said at a campaign stop in New Hampshire.
"They would sign on to say, 'We will respect the boundaries and the territorial integrity of Iraq,"' Richardson said at an elementary school in Manchester.
"The troops would be U.N. troops, I wouldn't object to NATO troops, but principally I think they should be Arab troops."
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