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huffingtonpost.com - 10/27/2008
Iraqi Cabinet delays decision on US security pact
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BAGHDAD — Iraq's Cabinet delayed a decision Sunday on the draft security agreement that would keep American troops here for three more years, and one prominent lawmaker suggested some parties may be stalling until after the U.S. election on Nov. 4. The Bush administration has been ...
strategypage.com - 10/27/2008
Iraq: The Letter
— strategypage.com — October 27, 2008: The war is over. Most of the noise these days is from politicians arguing,... not bombs going off. There are still bombs, but now they tend to be assassination attempts, as some political parties play dirty (not unknown in this part of ... (more) Iraq: The Letter

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online.wsj.com - 10/27/2008
Syrian Militant Leader Was Killed in U.S. Raid, Official Says
— online.wsj.com — SUKKARIYEH, Syria -- A U.S. counterterrorism official says U.S. special operations forces killed the head of a... Syrian network that funneled foreign fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq. The raid Sunday in the village of Sukkariyeh targeted the home of ... (more) Syrian Militant Leader Was Killed in U.S. Raid, Official ...

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mcclatchydc.com - 10/26/2008
U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord
— mcclatchydc.com — BAGHDAD _ The U.S. military has warned Iraq that it will shut down military operations and other... vital services throughout the country on Jan. 1 if the Iraqi government doesn't agree to a new agreement on the status of U.S. forces or a renewed United ... (more) U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord

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Wonk Room:  Ayatollahs Sleeping On The SOFA

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Ayatollahs Sleeping On The SOFA
Wonk Room — ... , as long as there was consensus. It is now clear that that consensus does not exist around the SOFA as it is now written. The power of these ayatollahs to effectively scuttle an agreement of significant import to the security of the United States throws into stark relief what the Bush administration has created in Iraq: a government dominated by Shia religious parties who take their guidance — and derive their legitimacy — from the opinions and edicts of ...

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