This Can't Be Mistranslated Posted by Adam Blickstein

Because Ali al-Dabbagh apparently said the following in English:

Iraq's government spokesman is hopeful that U.S. combat forces could be out of the country by 2010.

Ali al-Dabbagh made the comments following a meeting in Baghdad on Monday between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, who arrived in Iraq earlier in the day.

Pretty clear, huh?