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Obama's Victory A Possible Game Changer in Iraq
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... NYT: "Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region."
Iraqi Shi'ite politicians are indicating they'll move faster toward a new security agreement about American troops, possibly ratifying it as early as the middle of November. ...
Obama's Victory A Possible Game Changer in Iraq
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... NYT: "Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region."
Iraqi Shi'ite politicians are indicating they'll move faster toward a new security agreement about American troops, possibly ratifying it as early as the middle of November. ...
Today in Iran and Iraq
Swampland —
According to to the New York Times, the prospect of President Obama means the Iraqis will probably sign the Status of Force Agreement because they believe the new President is more likely to abide by the troop withdrawal timetable than a President McCain would have been.
Meanwhile, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has extended an olive sprig--not ...
Obama already affecting Iraq policy
Political Animal —
... AFFECTING IRAQ POLICY.... Barack Obama's victory this week generated international acclaim, but the impact in Iraq was of a more practical nature. As recently as last week, Iraqi officials were reluctant to sign a security agreement with the Bush administration, even with a troop withdrawal timeline, because they knew Bush would be gone soon, and weren't sure what kind of commitment they could count on from the next president. Then Iraqi officials saw what happened on Tuesday. Now, they're feeling better . Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ...
Obama Vindicated On Key Foreign Policy Issues?
TPM Election Central —
The relentless focus on the economy has obscured the extent to which Obama's election also represents a big win for his foreign policy vision, which was resoundingly chosen over McCain's. A pair of articles in today's New York Times shed a fair amount of light on this.
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Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region.
Iraqi Shiite politicians are indicating that they will move faster toward a new security ...
Obama Victory Advances SOFA Signing in Iraq
Firedoglake —
Boots from troops killed in Iraq
Barely a week ago, the Iraqi government was refusing to sign a status of forces agreement with the U.S. military, despite the agreement's guarantee of a full-scale troop withdrawal by 2011. Prominent Iraqi dignitaries were talking about scrapping the document entirely and securing another 12-month ...
Is Bush Trying To Tie Obama's Hands On Syria?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the New York Times reported Friday, Barack Obama's election seems to have already improved negotiations in Iraq regarding a proposed agreement over the status of American troops there. But there are signs that the president will make relations with the country next door more difficult. ...
Is Bush Trying To Tie Obama's Hands On Syria?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... As the New York Times reported Friday, Barack Obama's election seems to have already improved negotiations in Iraq regarding a proposed agreement over the status of American troops there. But there are signs that the president will make relations with the country next door more difficult. ...
Iraq End Game
The Moderate Voice —
... The bargaining in Baghdad is getting serious as Iraqis pressure the Bush Administration for last-minute concessions on a status-of-forces agreement to sanction US presence beyond the end of the year. ...
Contractors Nervous About Losing Immunity in Iraq
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... ," committing US troops to be withdrawn to their bases by next June and withdrawn from Iraq entirely no later than 2011. Baghdad has been cagey about assenting to a final agreement for myriad political reasons, although today's New York Times suggests that Obama's election victory might help move things along—the Iraqis actually believe his stated desire to pull out the troops is sincere. ...
Hullabaloo — ... While in retrospect this seems obvious, until this point I hadn't factored in that the Iraqis were waiting out the election results like the rest of us, and making sure that they would have an honest broker. ...
Obama Election Makes Iraq Agreement Likely
Politics Daily —
... On Thursday, The New York Times reported that formerly reluctant Iraqi Shiites are suddenly so eager to agree to an arrangement that a Bush official said the deal could be reached by the middle of this month. ...
