You take that CarolC as them (The Iraqi Government) saying, "The government of Iraq has said that it wants the US to remove its presence from Iraq."

Strange, I thought that the very first paragraph said:

"Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national security adviser said on Tuesday."

Which to me reads as though the Iraqi Government is quite willing to sign any bi-lateral security agreement with the US as long as it includes wording to the effect that if we need your troops here at sometime in the future there will be some automatic mechanism within that agreement for them to leave once they are no longer required.

Which is a different kettle of fish entirely to how CarolC reads it.

Of course Iraq is waiting "impatiently for the day when the last foreign soldier leaves Iraq." - because that will mean that all is well and that country is at peace, anybody who wouldn't wait impatiently for that to happen would have to be an idiot - doesn't mean that they want them out now.