Iraq's Al-Yawar Says U.S., Other Forces May Be Cut by Year End

Ghazi al-Yawar, Iraq's interim president, said U.S. and other military forces in the country may be reduced by the end of this year.
``It has to be according to the expedition of training,'' al- Yawar told television interviewer Charlie Rose in a program broadcast late yesterday on Bloomberg television in New York. ``Maybe by the end of the year we can see a gradual decrease in foreign forces in Iraq.''
A withdrawal may begin provided that a training program is in place for Iraqi security forces and there is money to provide officers with ``a better standard of living'' and social security payments for families of officers killed, al-Yawar said. Cont.