mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military contractors who kill Iraqis on operations. The agreement calls for Iraq to prosecute U.S. troops according to court procedures that have yet to be worked out. Those negotiations, administration officials have argued, could take three years, ...
nypost.com - 11/24/2008
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Last updated: 2:17 am November 24, 2008 Posted:
12:00 am November 24, 2008 BAGHDAD THE Iraq War...
is over. Flames still burst from various sources and wild cards remain, such as the potential that Muqtada al-Sadr might stomp his feet and encourage his ...
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IRAQ'S NEW DAWN - New York Post
news.yahoo.com - 11/27/2008
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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 ...
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Iraqi parliament approves US security pact - Yahoo! News
reuters.com - 11/27/2008
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved
a security pact with the United States that paves...
the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011, taking the country a big step closer to full sovereignty. The deal, which parliament ...
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2 GIs Killed, 2 Wounded; Bush Has own Interpretation of Security Agreement; 2/3s of Iraqis below the Poverty Line
Informed Comment —
... McClatchy reports that the Bush administration had deliberately not released the official English version of the security agreement it is negotiating with Iraq, fearing that extensive public debate on it in the US press might throw up criticisms that would be taken up by Iraqi parliamentarians, causing it to be rejected. ...
U.S. foreign policy: the old "I had my fingers crossed" ploy
Left I on the News —
... on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). But do they even know what they're voting on? Well, they might know what it says in Arabic, but do they know how the occupiers back in Washington are reading the agreement? Apparently not: ...
Iraqi parliament approves new security pact.
Think Progress —
... . In the weeks leading up to the pact’s approval, the Bush administration refused to release an English-language version of the proposed agreement. The text of the agreement is now available ...
Iraqi parliament approves new security pact.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... . In the weeks leading up to the pact’s approval, the Bush administration refused to release an English-language version of the proposed agreement. The text of the agreement is now available ...
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