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A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos as a discussion among lawmakers about a security agreement boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation. >
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BAGHDAD Iraq's parliament approved Thursday a security pact
with the United States that lets American troops stay...
in the country for three more years setting a clear timetable for a U.S. exit for the first time since the 2003 invasion. The vote in ...
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google.com - 11/27/2008
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12 hours ago BAGHDAD (AFP) Iraq's parliament on
Thursday approved a landmark military pact that will see...
all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and plunged the country into chaos. After ...
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AFP: Iraqi parliament approves landmark US military pact
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved
a security pact with the United States that paves...
the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011, taking the country a big step closer to full sovereignty. The deal, which parliament ...
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Proposed SOFA Agreement Requires Congressional Approval Because It Contains Treaty Commitment
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Our guest blogger is Peter Juul, a Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
In Iraq, the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States is generating a heated and near-violent debate in parliament. But here in the United States, the Bush administration has kept a tight lid on the contents of the agreement.
The Bush administration argues that the SOFA is an “executive agreement” that, unlike treaties or other international agreements, does not require congressional approval. Only after the ...
Iraqi parliament approves new security pact.
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... After weeks of contentious debate, the Iraqi parliament approved the long-delayed security pact “that lays out a three-year timetable for the ...
Iraqi parliament approves new security pact.
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... After weeks of contentious debate, the Iraqi parliament approved the long-delayed security pact “that lays out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.” The New York Times reports: For Iraq and the United States, the pact’s passage through Parliament by a large majority — more than 140 of some 200 […] After weeks of contentious debate, the Iraqi parliament approved the long-delayed security pact “that lays out a three-year timetable for the ...
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