IRAQ

Times of India: Iraqi troops, tribes tell US leave or face war

BAGHDAD: Thousands of sacked Iraqi soldiers swarmed angrily around US headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, as squabbling tribal leaders told the Americans they could face war if they did not leave soon.
"The entire Iraqi people is a time bomb that will blow up in the Americans' face if they don't end their occupation," tribal chief Riyadh al-Asadi told the media after meeting a US official for talks on the future of Iraq after Saddam Hussein