raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com - 10/22/2008
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The final draft of the U.S. Iraqi agreement was sent to my from Baghdad a couple of days ago. I just finished translating it into english. you can read the full text of the long term occupation agreement here I think it's really interesting that while the bush administration are putting the ...
mcclatchydc.com - 10/22/2008
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BAGHDAD — Shiite Muslim government ministers raised objections
Tuesday to a "final draft" of an agreement to...
authorize U.S. troops to remain in Iraq, and after a four-and-a-half-hour cabinet meeting Iraq's government spokesman said that the ...
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Iraq's cabinet rejects current draft of U.S. troop accord
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Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement
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... By the time a draft agreement was circulated last week (text courtesy Raed Jarrar), the US military had found itself confined to bases by next June and constrained to leave by 2011; civilian contractors were open to prosecution in Iraqi courts; and off-duty US troops who commit crimes might also find themselves before a qadi or Muslim court judge. There was no mention of long-term bases. ...
What is the deal? A Middle East round-up
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... By the time a draft agreement was circulated last week (text courtesy Raed Jarrar), the US military had found itself confined to bases by next June and constrained to leave by 2011; civilian contractors were open to prosecution in Iraqi courts; and off-duty US troops who commit crimes might also find themselves before a qadi or Muslim court judge. There was no mention of long-term bases. ...
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