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Iraq Pact Forces Security Contractors to Confront Work Without Immunity (online.wsj.com)
With contractors falling under the jurisdiction of Iraqi courts, it could become harder for them to recruit new workers and could drive up costs as insurance rates and wages rise to offset the risk of... More
Submitted 4 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Juan Cole: Iraqis Will Demand Abrogation of Paul Bremer's Order 17 (www.juancole.com)
Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said that as soon as the agreement is passed, Iraq will go to the United Nations Security Council to ask for permission to abrogate Order 17 issued by US viceroy... More
Submitted 6 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
PDF Document: Draft Treaty 'Regarding the Temporary U.S. Presence in Iraq and Its Activities and Withdrawal from Iraq' (www.afsc.org)
Article One: This agreement specifies the rules and basic needs that regulate the temporary presence and activities of the U.S. troops and its withdrawal from Iraq.
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Admiral Mullen and SecDef Gates Threaten 'Pretty Dramatic Consequences' If Iraqis Do Not Sign Treaty (rawstory.com)
"The consequences of not having a SOFA and of not having a renewed UN authorization are pretty dramatic in terms of consequences for our actions," Gates said in Washington.
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Iraq Wants to Reopen Negotiations on Withdrawal Treaty (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Iraq demanded changes to a draft security pact with the United States on Tuesday. The announcement effectively reopens negotiations on the draft that would require U.S. forces to leave Iraq by the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
New Doubts Cloud Iraqi Security Treaty With U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
Hopes that a security agreement between Iraq and the United States could be concluded swiftly receded Sunday as several of the leading Iraqi political parties, including some that had negotiated the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Shiite Bloc's Demands Stall U.S.- Iraq Treaty (www.washingtonpost.com)
The influential United Iraqi Alliance, which includes Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party, is demanding changes to the draft treaty. Otherwise, "I cannot see that this agreement will see the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Maliki Promises to Stand Firm on Sovereignty
(www.truthdig.com)
Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |
Iraqi government poised to yank immunity from Blackwater
(rawstory.com)
Submitted 3 months ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |
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