 An American cross-party group charged with reviewing policy on Iraq will recommend a US troop pullback and a new diplomatic offensive, reports say. The report calls for US troops in Iraq to be switched from a combat to a support role, according to sources quoted by the New York Times newspaper. It also recommends direct talks with Syria and Iran, the paper says. The Iraq Study Group's chairman said it had reached a consensus and would announce its findings next Wednesday. Lee Hamilton did not give further details. Washington is considering radical options to find a way out of the growing crisis in Iraq, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports from Amman. Details of the ISG report, which was compiled by both President George W Bush's Republicans and members of the Democratic Party, leaked out as the US leader was in the Jordanian capital to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. ...
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