Baghdad, Feb 1, SPA -- Iraq's interim president said Tuesdayit would be "complete nonsense" to ask U.S. and other foreign troops to leave Iraq at this point but some of the 170,000 soldiers could be leaving Iraq by the end of the year. "It's only complete nonsense to ask the troops to leavein this chaos and this vacuum of power," President Ghazial-Yawer told reporters. He said foreign troops should leave only after Iraq'ssecurity forces are built up, the country's securitysituation has improved and some pockets of terrorists areeliminated. "By the end of this year, we could see the number offoreign troops decreasing," al-Yawer said.--SPA1312 Local Time 1012 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/236031