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Agreement Gives Pact Better Odds of Passing Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 16, 2008; Page A01
washingtonpost.com - 11/16/2008
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Agreement Gives Pact Better Odds of Passing By
Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November
16, 2008; A01 BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 -- Iraq's prime minister and its most influential Shiite cleric have decided to support a security agreement ...
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Iraq Head, Top Cleric Back 2011 Exit by U.S.
google.com - 11/20/2008
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23 hours ago NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) Grand Ayatollah
Ali Husseini al-Sistani, Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority, on
Thursday lashed out at lawmakers who had left on a pilgrimage instead of voting on a divisive US military pact. "Sistani is very ...
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AFP: Top Iraq Shiite cleric demands MP vote on US pact
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Ware On SOFA Negotiations: ‘Tehran Was In The Room’
Wonk Room —
... On Saturday, in what has become one of the rituals of Iraqi politics, a delegation of Shiite lawmakers and government officials met with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani to review the latest changes to the status of forces agreement. According to “an official in Sistani’s office who spoke on the condition of anonymity,” Sistani “gave the Iraqi side the green light to sign it.” ...
Mullen Endorses ‘Conditions-Based’ Withdrawal, Suggests Iraq SOFA Dates Could Be Ignored
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... .’” As proof of its determination to a firm withdrawal date, the Iraqi government even required that the U.S. “scrap the language that would have allowed the American troops to stay beyond 2011 if Iraq requested.” ...
Sistani: SOFA Must ‘Win Support Of All Iraqis’
Wonk Room —
... , the assent of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was essential for the passage of the status of forces agreement, as it is for almost any significant political issue in the new ...
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