The end of 2011 is the end of the withdrawal of u.s. forces from IrakIrak seem to be asking the United States to stay in the country despite the withdrawal until the end of 2011.
CIA Director Leon Panetta said '' there is a belief that their request as it will pass on ' '.
He added that an official request from Baghdad come out, then Washington would have to grant it.
But Panetta did not say how many or what role do these forces if it remained in Iraq.
He said there are still about 1,000 members of the al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the situation is still '' vulnerable '' so presumably the presence of US troops is still needed.
"I believe if we have to take any steps that are required to keep developments underway there, '' said Panetta.
In April, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates also indicates if American forces remain in Iraq beyond the end of the withdrawal, if there is a request from Iraq.
BBC journalist Andrew North in Washington reported it seems like there would be from the us to Iraq to maintain US troops in Iraq.
But if Obama agree to some u.s. troops remain in Iraq, it will be seen both by political opponents and his supporters as a step backward from previous commitments, which wants us troops be withdrawn fully from Iraq this year.
USA today put its troops in Iraq to about 47,000, and based on the agreement in 2008, they will leave Iraq on December 31, 2011.
