Time Is Running Out for Iraq Occupation Deal
Here's one way to get US troops out of Iraq: The tediously negotiated status-of-forces agreement between the U and Iraq has met yet another snag The current legal justification for the occupation of Iraq is about to expire, and the U is eager to pass new guidelines, but the Iraqi Cabinet is hitting the brakes.
Here’s one way to get U.S. troops out of Iraq: The tediously negotiated status-of-forces agreement between the U.S. and Iraq has met yet another snag. The current legal justification for the occupation of Iraq is about to expire, and the U.S. is eager to pass new guidelines, but the Iraqi cabinet is hitting the brakes.
AS CHAOS UNFOLDS, FIND SOLID GROUND…BBC:
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned of “dramatic consequences” if Washington and Baghdad do not agree a security deal on US forces in Iraq.
He said if there were no Status of Forces Agreement the US would have to “basically stop doing anything”.
Iraq’s cabinet is demanding changes to a draft deal already agreed with Washington that would allow US forces to stay in Iraq until 2011.
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