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Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabi rebuffed pleas from France to support a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawl from Iraq, and instead gave strong backing to the interim Iraqi government, its battle against insurgents, and its efforts to hold a free and democratic election. They also said the timetable for the US troop withdrawal is the business of the Iraqi government, not the international or Arab community. Important stuff. You'll find it buried on page four.