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Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers who attended the two-and-a-half-hour session voted for the agreement and sent it to Parliament for consideration.
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Spencer Ackerman: 'Out Actually Means Out' (attackerman.firedoglake.com)
Out actually means out. The SOFA demands that every last U.S. serviceman is on a plane by December 31, 2011. Obama's plan for a 30,000-troop residual force? Officially overtaken by events. As I say,... More
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Iraqi Cabinet Approves Withdrawal Treaty (news.yahoo.com)
Iraq's cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam... More
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Iraqi Civilian Casualty Counts Higher Than U.S. Estimates (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
"I could easily imagine that the U.S. government would want to get a low number, which would suggest that peace is at hand," said John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs the respected Web... More
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Maliki Trying to Get Al-Sistani to Approve Treaty (www.huffingtonpost.com)
In a bid to secure support for the agreement from the country's top Shiite cleric, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday dispatched two senior lawmakers to see Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in... More
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Iraq's Fledgling Stock Market Posts Gains (www.cbsnews.com)
In the lobby of a former apartment building sits maybe the most antiquated exchange in the world. No electronic boards here, no computer terminals. No worries, either. The Iraqi market may be the... More
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Key Shiite Clerics Warn Maliki Not To Approve Treaty With U.S. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Iraq's two most powerful Shiite clerics on Friday challenged the government's planned security pact with the United States, undercutting efforts to reach a deal before the U.N. mandate for American... More
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Maliki Now Supports New U.S. Troop Deal, Close Aide Says (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has informed Iraq's presidency council that he now supports the draft security treaty with the United States, a Shiite Muslim legislator who's close to the premier said... More
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Federal Prosecutors Draft Indictment In Blackwater Shootings (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Federal prosecutors have drafted an indictment against 6 guards working for Blackwater USA, who were involved in deadly shootings last year of 17 Baghdad civilians, according to the Associated Press.
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All British Troops Will Be Out of Iraq By End of 2009 (rawstory.com)
"By the end of next year there will be no British troops in Iraq. By the end of 2009," Iraqi national security advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie said, adding that negotiations between London and Baghdad on... More
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