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news.yahoo.com - 11/27/2008

Iraqi parliament approves US security pact - Yahoo! News

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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 favor of the pact was backed by the ruling ...

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Iraqi parliament OKs US troops for 3 more years
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... on Thursday approved by a wide margin a security pact with the United States that lets American troops stay in Iraq for three more years. The vote in favor of the pact was backed by the ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc, which had demanded concessions for supporting the deal. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared to have won the comfortable majority that he sought in order to give the agreement additional legitimacy.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_i...

Iraqi Parliament Backs US Withdrawal Plan
Gateway Pundit — ... Ameriyah boys dive into the Ameriyah Pool during a grand reopening celebration Nov. 22. Soldiers from the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, operationally attached to the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, worked for more than a year with local citizens and the government of Iraq to reopen the pool. (Capt. John Farmer- DVIDS) The Iraqi parliament voted to accept a deal on the future presence of US troops in Iraq. The BBC ...

Hullabaloo — Prop. Thamaaniyah by dday I'll allow myself a brief respite from vacationing to post this bit. The Iraqi Parliament did pass the withdrawal agreement mandating the end of a US military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011, but Juan Cole notes that the Sunnis extracted a price for their support. Of 275 members of parliament, 198 attended and 145 voted in favor. That means it barely passed from the point of view of an absolute majority, though it was a clear simple majority. Apparently the al-Maliki government bowed to ...

AP Trivializes Iraqi Death Toll, Amplifies Censorship
The BRAD BLOG — ... In the November 27 article "Iraqi Parliament OKs US Troops for 3 More Years," by Christopher Torchia and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, AP editors approved the following characterization of Iraqi deaths suffered since the US invasion: ...