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We struck a security pact with the Iraqis.(The Week)(United States military agreement)(Brief article)
We struck a security pact with the Iraqis. It's imperfect. We protect our troops, but not contractors, from Iraqi law. There are two ill-advised unconditional deadlines in the agreement: June 2009 for U.S. troops to cease combat operations in Iraqi cities, and the end of 2011 for them to exit the country entirely. Since nearly everything in Iraq is negotiable, these deadlines can presumably be changed, especially the exit date (a new security agreement a few years from now could extend it). Whatever the flaws, concluding the agreement at all is a victory. The Iranians and their tool, Moqtada al-Sadr, opposed it, worried over what the continued presence of Americans in Iraq says ...
- Growing opposition in Iraq to security pact with US: Report.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 31, 2008 700+ words
...Growing opposition in Iraq to security pact with US: Report New...forces withdraw from Iraq before the right time...said opposition to the security pact is not confined just...Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, an important Maliki...
- IRAQ - Dec 4 - Iraq's Presidency Council Approves US Security Pact.
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder December 6, 2008 700+ words
Iraq's Presidency Council approves a security pact with the US that...referendum next year. Iraq's three-member...endorsed the security pact with the US...it said. Iraq's government...criticism of the security pact, saying opponents...
- IRAQ - May 30 - Maliki Faces Uphill Fight Over Security Pact.
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder May 31, 2008 700+ words
...military bases stay in Iraq, who American troops...about agreeing to a new security pact until after Iraq holds parliamentary...in the dark about the security pact, which he thinks should...Otherwise, he said, Iraq's position is too...
- ANALYSIS-IRAQ: SECURITY PACT WITH U.S. HAS KURDS ANXIOUS.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service November 28, 2008 700+ words
...Kurds are divided over a security pact between Iraq and the United States that appears...to pull out all its forces from Iraq's land, waters and air by the...years of U.S. occupation of Iraq. Now, the extent of fears are...
- US-Iraq security pact unlikely by July 31: report.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. June 16, 2008 700+ words
US-Iraq security pact unlikely by July 31: report New York...a long-term security agreement with Iraq by July 31 is unlikely to be achieved...the report said, is how much control Iraq will have over the activities of the American...
- US-Iraq Security Pact - Bush's Last ME Tour.(George W. Bush, Middle East )
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat News Service May 26, 2008 700+ words
...territory. Yet the pact will eventually give the US in Iraq the biggest strategic presence for the American forces...the power and authority that forces can enjoy inside Iraq". He said Iraq and the US agreed about the importance of these military...
- Out of Iraq by 2010?(Editorials)(Iraqis want specific dates in new security...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) August 9, 2008 700+ words
...timetable to remove U.S. combat forces from Iraq even as the complex and volatile political climate in Iraq underscores the urgency of solidifying withdrawal...security agreement between the United States and Iraq - have begun to mention dates. One plan...
- IRAQ - Oct 15 - Iraq Reports Progress On Security Pact.
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder October 18, 2008 700+ words
...govern the conduct of American forces in Iraq. The draft includes a timeline for American...withdrawal, with troops moving out of Iraq's cities and towns by the middle of next...directed the group's operations in northern Iraq, the area of the country that remains...