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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America In Iraq, US military chief touts 'stunning' progress AFP - 2 hours 24 minutes ago Send IM Story Print In Iraq, US military chief touts 'stunning' progress BAGHDAD (AFP) - – The US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, on Tuesday said a planned drawdown of US troops in Iraq was on track, citing "stunning" progress in security over the past three years. Before arriving in Baghdad, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff told reporters on his plane that Iraq's military and police had proven themselves over the past year. Based on briefings from US commanders, Mullen said the Iraqi forces "are ready" to take full responsibility for security in the country as American forces are scaled back to a 50,000-strong mission. He said the Iraqi troops are "performing in the lead exceptionally well." "I've seen their response in various situations where violent attacks have occurred. And their response has really been good." He recalled grim days during the peak of sectarian violence three years ago, "when there was great despair about where all this was going." Mullen said the progress since 2007 represented "truly a stunning achievement." He added at a press conference in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone: "We are on track to reduce the number of American forces here in Iraq to 50,000 or less by the 1st of September." "I see absolutely nothing to negatively impact that." The United States has less than 65,000 soldiers in Iraq but all combat troops are due out by then, leaving a training and advisory force of 50,000. And by December 2011, all remaining troops are to leave. "We're still on track to reduce the number of troops to 50,000 by the end of August and to have all combat troops out of Iraq by 2011," said Mullen, who was due to meet the US commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno. With the US military under strain from years of war since 2001, the Obama administration remains determined to scale back the US presence despite political deadlock in the country since March elections. On Tuesday, Iraq's parliament postponed indefinitely what would have been only its second session since the March 7 vote, with parties unable to agree on a new governing coalition. The admiral's visit to Iraq comes after twin car bombs killed 21 people on Monday in the southern Shiite holy city of Karbala, while four people died in a suicide attack on a Saudi-funded television channel in Baghdad. US and Iraqi officials have warned of the dangers of a spike in violence as negotiations on forming a new government have dragged on without agreement, nearly five months after parliamentary elections. Mullen and US Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew, who was alongside the admiral at the press conference, said the recent violence would not affect the drawdown timetable. "The events of the last few days ... are horrific, and they are sobering, but they don't deter us from the process that we're in," Lew told reporters. Mullen said he expected to receive an update from US and Iraqi officials on efforts to form a ruling coalition. During his one-day visit, he was scheduled to meet President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and former premier Iyad Allawi. Iraqi forces took over security in the country's cities last year, and the US military also has transferred to Baghdad control of prisons holding suspected militants. Mullen said he was concerned over the recent escape of four Al-Qaeda-linked inmates from an Iraqi prison, but said he retained confidence in Baghdad authorities despite the incident. "While I'm concerned about the four that got out the other day, overall I applaud the efforts in the transition and what's happened so far," he said. Mullen arrived in Baghdad as part of 10-day global tour that included stops in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where he checked on progress in the nearly nine-year-old war. 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