US troop pullout from Iraq to take years: Powell

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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said it would take some years for the United States to withdraw its troops from Iraq although the pullout could start in 2006.

"So one way or the other, I think a draw down will begin in 2006, but essentially just to walk away, to say that we're taking all of our troops out as fast as we can would be a tragic mistake.It's going to be years," Powell said in an interview with the BBC World TV Channel on Sunday.

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