Iraq toughens stance on U.S. troop withdrawal
"Our stance in the negotiations with the Americans will be strong. We will not sign any memorandum of understanding without specifying a date for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq," al-Rubaie told reporters in the Shi'ite holy city.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8520414.htm
US: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in Iraq
The official Iraqi demand for U.S. withdrawal confirms what was becoming increasingly clear in recent months -- that the Iraqi regime has decided to shed its military dependence on the United States.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43140
U.S. ground troops in Iraq done by mid-2009: general
U.S. ground troops in Iraq will be "mostly" finished with security operations by the middle of 2009, the senior U.S. Army officer in charge of training Iraqi forces said on Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080709/ts_nm/usa_iraq_training_dc_1
Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal
The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq.
http://tinyurl.com/67r4jj
Iraqis demand end to 'occupation
Iraqi opposition and resistance groups have renewed their demands for an end to all negotiations with the United States while US troops remain on Iraqi soil.
http://tinyurl.com/6kdtxe
Brown ends hopes of withdrawal from Iraq
Gordon Brown dashed hopes that he was about to announce a withdrawal of British troops from Iraq when he rejected calls by Labour MPs and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, for a clear timetable to pull out. "I cannot set an artificial timetable," the Prime Minister said yesterday.
http://tinyurl.com/62ne8t
Iraq says hope slim for security deal with current U.S. gov't
"There is a large possibility of postponing the signing of the long-term agreement between Iraq and the U.S., until a new U.S. administration is elected," Ali al-Dabbagh was quoted as saying by the Voice of Iraq news agency.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8545482.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdrawal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+contractor
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8520414.htm
US: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in Iraq
The official Iraqi demand for U.S. withdrawal confirms what was becoming increasingly clear in recent months -- that the Iraqi regime has decided to shed its military dependence on the United States.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43140
U.S. ground troops in Iraq done by mid-2009: general
U.S. ground troops in Iraq will be "mostly" finished with security operations by the middle of 2009, the senior U.S. Army officer in charge of training Iraqi forces said on Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080709/ts_nm/usa_iraq_training_dc_1
Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal
The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq.
http://tinyurl.com/67r4jj
Iraqis demand end to 'occupation
Iraqi opposition and resistance groups have renewed their demands for an end to all negotiations with the United States while US troops remain on Iraqi soil.
http://tinyurl.com/6kdtxe
Brown ends hopes of withdrawal from Iraq
Gordon Brown dashed hopes that he was about to announce a withdrawal of British troops from Iraq when he rejected calls by Labour MPs and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, for a clear timetable to pull out. "I cannot set an artificial timetable," the Prime Minister said yesterday.
http://tinyurl.com/62ne8t
Iraq says hope slim for security deal with current U.S. gov't
"There is a large possibility of postponing the signing of the long-term agreement between Iraq and the U.S., until a new U.S. administration is elected," Ali al-Dabbagh was quoted as saying by the Voice of Iraq news agency.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8545482.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdrawal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+contractor
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
rudkla - 11. Jul, 09:49
