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War Is Over If You Want It
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 11/27/2008
War Is Over If You Want It
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A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 . According to AFP, the SOFA's passage comes thanks to the Sunni-mollifying proposal to hold a popular referendum in ...
NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For Their Shared Defeat In Iraq
— confederateyankee.mu.nu — Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously done everything in their power to try to lose the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war... (more) NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...

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mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying silent on its view of Iraq pact until ...
— mcclatchydc.com — 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 ... (more) McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying ...

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reuters.com - 11/27/2008
Iraq parliament passes U.S. security pact | U.S.
— reuters.com — 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 ... (more) Iraq parliament passes U.S. security pact | U.S.

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Iraqi parliament approves SOFA
Political Animal — ... added: The vote came after a flurry of last-minute negotiations in which the main Sunni parties secured a package of political reforms from the government and a commitment to hold a referendum on the pact in the middle of next year. Should the Iraqi government decide to cancel the pact after the referendum it would have to give Washington one year's notice, meaning that troops would be allowed to remain in the country only until the middle of 2010. It prompted Spencer Ackerman to respond, "That would be ... give or take a few days ... why, sixteen months after Barack Obama ...

What Does Passing the SOFA Mean for Iraq?
Firedoglake — ... Yesterday, Attackerman wrote about the Iraqi legislature's approval of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., noting that the newly-promised public referendum in mid-2009 isn't much of a concession by the Maliki government.  Even if the referendum rejected the SOFA, the resulting "forced" one-year withdrawal would actually match the 16-month timeline proposed by Barack Obama (and ...

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