Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006
Analysis by Gareth Porter
It appears that Bush is making the usual dominant power mistake in relations to al-Maliki. He may have been a pushover in mid-2006, but the circumstances have changed, in Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq-Iran relations and in the United States.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20372.htm
Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
By Salam Faraj
Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday Washington and Baghdad have agreed there will be no foreign forces in Iraq after 2011, setting a timeline for a US withdrawal from the war-torn country. Maliki stressed however that despite "significant progress", there are "still points of disagreement crucial to both sides" in the proposed security pact that will decide the future of US forces in Iraq. The White House, too, stressed on Monday there was no final accord with Baghdad on the controversial issue.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20617.htm
Iraq's Maliki Says U.S. Pact Must Include Pullout Date
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said there can be no security agreement with the U.S. unless there is a "specific deadline" for the withdrawal of American troops. Mr. Maliki also said that unless some clauses in the draft agreement under discussion are changed, it will be "difficult" for the pact to be adopted. He didn't identify all those clauses. But the prime minister told tribal leaders Monday that he cannot grant "open immunity" to Iraqis or foreigners because that would violate the "sanctity of Iraqi blood."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20613.htm
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Maliki Demands "Specific Deadline" for US Troop Pullout
Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers: "Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Monday there would be no security agreement between the United States and Iraq without an unconditional timetable for withdrawal - a direct challenge to the Bush administration, which insists that the timing for troop departure would be based on conditions on the ground."
http://www.truthout.org/article/maliki-demands-specific-deadline-us-troop-pullout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+pullout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+pact
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+agreement
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leila+Fadel
Analysis by Gareth Porter
It appears that Bush is making the usual dominant power mistake in relations to al-Maliki. He may have been a pushover in mid-2006, but the circumstances have changed, in Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq-Iran relations and in the United States.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20372.htm
Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
By Salam Faraj
Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday Washington and Baghdad have agreed there will be no foreign forces in Iraq after 2011, setting a timeline for a US withdrawal from the war-torn country. Maliki stressed however that despite "significant progress", there are "still points of disagreement crucial to both sides" in the proposed security pact that will decide the future of US forces in Iraq. The White House, too, stressed on Monday there was no final accord with Baghdad on the controversial issue.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20617.htm
Iraq's Maliki Says U.S. Pact Must Include Pullout Date
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said there can be no security agreement with the U.S. unless there is a "specific deadline" for the withdrawal of American troops. Mr. Maliki also said that unless some clauses in the draft agreement under discussion are changed, it will be "difficult" for the pact to be adopted. He didn't identify all those clauses. But the prime minister told tribal leaders Monday that he cannot grant "open immunity" to Iraqis or foreigners because that would violate the "sanctity of Iraqi blood."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20613.htm
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Maliki Demands "Specific Deadline" for US Troop Pullout
Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers: "Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Monday there would be no security agreement between the United States and Iraq without an unconditional timetable for withdrawal - a direct challenge to the Bush administration, which insists that the timing for troop departure would be based on conditions on the ground."
http://www.truthout.org/article/maliki-demands-specific-deadline-us-troop-pullout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+pullout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+pact
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+agreement
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leila+Fadel
rudkla - 29. Jul, 06:09
