All British (and US) soldiers to be out of Iraq in 12 months

Looks like the Telegraph is scooping the US MSM yet again, if this report holds up.

All British and United States troops serving in Iraq will be withdrawn within a year in an effort to bring peace and stability to the country.

The planned pull-out from Iraq follows the acceptance by London and Washington that the presence of the coalition, mainly composed of British and US troops, is now seen as the main obstacle to peace.

One wonders how this meshes with the following report from Fox News:

Talabani: U.S. Troops Will Stay as Long as Needed

Iraq’s president said Saturday that he had been assured that American troops will stay in his country as long as needed, while at least 14 people were killed in explosions and gunfire nationwide as vehicle restrictions were lifted in Baghdad.

A top U.S. general, meanwhile, said he was “very, very pleased” with the response of Iraqi armed forces in containing recent sectarian bloodshed, disputing critics who said too little was done to quell attacks that killed more than 500 people the past week.

The Chief thinks that the last paragraph above has the key to the situation: if we declare the Iraqi “New Model Army” to be competant, then we can go home, or at least where needed elsewhere.