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Baghdad wants to delete any reference in a security pact with Washington to the possibility of US troops staying in Iraq after 2011, an MP close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday.

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US pact must guard Iraq sovereignty: top Shiite cleric

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani insists that the security pact being negotiated with Washington must not harm Iraq's sovereignty, his office said on Wednesday.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gw2cRozfL-fWuuihAcQxFiElbJTA



Senior Iraqi Leader Says Pact With U.S. Is Unlikely to Pass

The Bush administration has repeatedly said that the current draft of the agreement is the furthest that the United States is willing to go. "The bar to any revisions is very high," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/detail.jsp?key=306424&rc=po&p=1&all=1



Iraq gov't wants all US troops gone by end of 2011

Those demands, which were presented to U.S. officials this week, could derail the deal - delivering a diplomatic blow to Washington in the final weeks of the Bush administration.

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/63628.html?isap=1&nav=5030



US's Syrian raid sets Iraq on fire

It came as such a surprise to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that he was completely dumfounded at commenting. Here was the prime minister of Iraq, an ally of Iran and a former resident of Syria, watching Syria being attacked from his own territory - without his knowledge.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JK01Ak05.html


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