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juancole.com - 10/23/2008
Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement
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The debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama about a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq may have just been overtaken by events. Without a bilateral agreement on the rules governing US military actions in Iraq, US soldiers and officers would become liable to prosecution ...
washingtonindependent.com - 10/23/2008
McCain Completely Misrepresents U.S.-Iraq Basing Deal
— washingtonindependent.com — My colleague Matt DeLong caught Sen. John McCain’s interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and passed along a... quick discussion about the U.S.-Iraq basing deal that calls for a total withdrawal of all U.S. forces by Dec. 31, 2011. Long story… (more) McCain Completely Misrepresents U.S.-Iraq Basing Deal

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washingtonindependent.com - 10/21/2008
Basing Deal Says U.S. Could Withdraw From Iraq Before 2011; Bush No Help to McCain
— washingtonindependent.com — I just had an English translation of the U.S.-Iraq basing deal — officially the “Agreement Regarding the... Temporary Presence in Iraq and its Activities and Withdrawal from Iraq, Between the United States and the Iraqi Government” — emailed to me. It ... (more) Basing Deal Says U.S. Could Withdraw From Iraq Before ...

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iht.com - 10/21/2008
Lebanese Shiite cleric opposes US-Iraq pact - International Herald Tribune
— iht.com — pact BEIRUT, Lebanon : Lebanon's top Shiite cleric criticized Tuesday a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact, saying the... Baghdad government has no right to "legitimize" the presence of foreign troops. Iraqi-born Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah ... (more) Lebanese Shiite cleric opposes US-Iraq pact - ...

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TomDispatch:  Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Iraq in Hell

The Reaction:  What is the deal? A Middle East round-up

Antiwar.com Original:  What the Good News from Iraq Really Means

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Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Iraq in Hell
TomDispatch — ... for stationing U.S. troops in the country that it's taken so many months for American and Iraqi negotiators to sort out. Key objections, as Juan Cole points out at his Informed Comment blog, have come from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, which is [Prime Minister Nouri] al-Maliki's chief political partner, the support of which he would need to get the draft through parliament." That party, Cole adds tellingly, "is close to Tehran, which objects to the agreement." The Iranian veto? Hmmm ...

What is the deal? A Middle East round-up
The Reaction — ... Wednesday, The Iraqi cabinet "shot down the draft security agreement," according to Juan Cole at Informed Comment. Without cabinet approval, it will, of course not be submitted to Parliament. Pressure from Iran is having a marked effect, says Professor Cole. To quote: ...

What the Good News from Iraq Really Means
Antiwar.com Original — ... for stationing US troops in the country that it's taken so many months for American and Iraqi negotiators to sort out. Key objections, as Juan Cole points out at his Informed Comment blog, have come from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, which is [Prime Minister Nouri] al-Maliki's chief political partner, the support of which he would need to get the draft through parliament." That party, Cole adds tellingly, "is close to Tehran, which objects to the agreement." The Iranian veto? Hmmm? Among Iraqis, according to ...

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