News Source: Truthdig
| about 1 year ago
ere’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.
News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has criticised the draft of a pact that would allow US troops to stay in the country for three years, a senior member of Maliki's ruling Shi'ite alliance said on Tuesday. The remarks are the latest sign the draft,...
News Source: Middle East Political News
| about 1 year ago
Iraqi ministers sought changes on Tuesday to a draft security pact with Washington that will govern US troop levels after the year-end expiry of a UN mandate, a parliamentary source said. "The agreement was examined by the cabinet and the ministers...
News Source: Al Jazeera
| about 1 year ago
Iraq's ruling Shia parties have demanded changes to a deal that would allow US troops to stay in the country until 2011. A draft was agreed last week after months of negotiations between Baghdad and Washington, but the Shia alliance, reviewed the...
News Source: Press TV
| about 1 year ago
The former premier made the remarks in a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, in Tehran. Iraq, saying the pact would solely serve the interests of US forces. Washington has fiercely pressed Baghdad to accept the security pact,...
News Source: Iraq Updates
| about 1 year ago
The US has extended its influence throughout the world with treaties and agreements, thereby securing its status as a major military and political power...Basically, treaties and accords are partnership contracts signed between two countries or more,...