Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.

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Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout

— nytimes.com — Iraq’s cabinet approved a security agreement that calls for a full withdrawal of American troops from the country by the end of 2011. > (more) Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout

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Iraqi Cabinet Approves U.S. Security Pact
Ace of Spades HQ — Iraqi Cabinet Approves U.S. Security Pact Overwhelmingly . That doesn't make it a done deal. The full Parliament still has to vote on it, but the cabinet vote is a pretty good indicator of how they'll vote. Of course, the Mookster sez "armed resistance" if the occupier does not leave. Which is a great reason to keep disarming them. I repeat my demand to the occupier to leave our land without keeping bases or signing agreements, Mr. Sadr said in a statement read to thousands of supporters at Friday prayers. If they keep bases, then I would support honorable resistance. ...

Jihad Journal
N/A — Great news: Iraq cabinet signs off on SOFA. Deadline for US out is December 31, 2011. Not so great news? Afghanistan is going down quickly. And then there is Pakistan . . .

Iraq Cabinet Agrees SOFA
Newshoggers.com — ... Here's a historic picture from AFP, via the NY Times - The Iraqi cabinet has approved the current wording of the so-called Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraq, which will replace the UN mandate at the end of the year, with only one dissenting voice. ...

Three more years?
Power Line — ... Iraq's cabinet has voted almost unanimously to approve the security agreement that allows U.S. troops to remain in Iraq until the end of 2011. That's three more years, for those liberals counting at home. ...

Breakthrough In Baghdad
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — The feared boycott by critical Shiites didn't happen and the cabinet has approved the SOFA by a massive majority. Now: the parliament. Then: the withdrawal. The great news for Obama is that the Iraqis themselves have insisted that his fixed timetable be set in stone: The draft approved Sunday requires coalition forces to withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns by the summer of 2009 and from the country by the end of 2011. An earlier version had language giving some flexibility to that deadline, with both sides discussing timetables and timelines for withdrawal, but the Iraqis managed to have the deadline set in stone, a significant negotiating ...

Iraq Cabinet OKs Occupation Deal
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — To the great relief of U.S. military commanders, Iraq’s cabinet approved an agreement that would provide a legal basis for the occupation beyond Dec. 31st. The deal, which still has to survive a vote in parliament, maintains partial immunity for U.S. soldiers and calls for the withdrawal of American forces by 2011. New York Times: ...

Iraq Cabinet Approves SOFA
Crooks and Liars — Here's a historic picture from AFP, via the NY Times - The Iraqi cabinet has approved the current wording of the so-called Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraq, which will replace the UN mandate at the end of the year, with only one dissenting voice. Spencer Ackerman writes: The Bush administration intended the SOFA process to entrench the occupation. Instead it gave the Iraqi government the means to end it. And that's the best-possible way for the war to end: with the Iraqi government -- the one we've disingenuously told the world we're in Iraq to support -- showing its political maturation to get us out the day after ...