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Negotiating the pact for a U.S. troop withdrawal cast Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a power-hungry ruler or a charismatic leader, experts say. After nearly a year of negotiations, the Iraqi Parliament last week passed a measure outlining the...
Tags: iraq, security pact, troops, security deal, deal, america, Iraqi Parliament, U.S
U.S.-Iraq Pact Getting Mixed Reviews in Iran Many Iranian politicians and newspapers have expressed opposition to the new Iraqi-American security agreement and urged Iraq's Parliament to reject it...At least one prominent figure, a senior judicial official,...
Tags: iraq, security, security pact, security deal, agreement, deal, america, troops, u.s, sunni
Cabinet spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh declared that the ministerial council agreed yesterday to introduce changes to the security agreement on the content and draft of the agreement that will be passed to the United States. Al Dabbagh announced that Prime...
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Kurdistan leader Massoud Barazani announced that the security agreement issue was the main headline of talks in his meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in Washington. However, the Kurdish leader did not specify following the meeting amendments...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the president of the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq have met to discuss Iraqi politics and Kurdish rebel groups fighting Turkey. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Rice and Massoud Barzani...
Tags: kurdistan, security deal, rice, Massoud Barzani, Washington, kurdish president, UAV, Turkey
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosheyar Zebari warned against the non ratification of the security agreement with the United States pointing out to destructive security, political and economic consequences on Iraq if the agreement is not signed. In an interview...
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The security agreement between Washington and Baghdad was the main headline of the joint press conference between Kurdistan leader Massoud Barazani and Iranian Foreign Minister Manushaher Mottaki. On his first day visit to Iran, Barazani considered that...
Tags: Iraq, Barazani, Muttaki, Iran, security deal
It seems that the security agreement due to be signed between the United States and Iraq will not pass smoothly without affecting bilateral relations as the agreement is decisive about the future of US troops in Iraq. While Iraqi officials are reluctant...
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US warnings are ongoing of serious consequences if the security agreement is not concluded fast while the White House is still awaiting changes to the security agreement requested by the Iraqi Government. In an escalating US stand, US Defense Secretary...
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Supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad on Saturday to denounce a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. (Hadi Mizban/Associated Press) Supporters of a leading Shia cleric held a noisy rally in Baghdad on Saturday to protest...
Tags: iraq, Sadr Iraqi, Iraqiya, U.S.-Iraq, US-Iraq, Baghdad, security agreement, security deal, Muqtada al-Sadr, security pact