Taliban warning to Obama

An Iraqi insurgent coalition and the Taliban warned U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan or face more resistance, U.S. monitoring groups reported on Thursday.

The messages express an openness to new relations with the United States under Obama, who has pledged to break with outgoing President George W. Bush's policies on both wars, but the militant groups demanded U.S. withdrawal and other concessions in exchange.