World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/18-1

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Massive Baghdad Protest

Shiites rally in Baghdad against a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, burning effigies of President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Marchers want Iraq's parliament to reject the agreement, letting troops stay until 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/62p27b



Opposition grows to proposed Iraq security deal

Al-Sadr said anyone who claims the agreement will end "the occupation of our land" or "tells you that it gives Iraqi sovereignty is a liar."

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/18/iraq-rally.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=+security+pact
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleezza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Al-Sadr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Deborah+Haynes

und Ende 2011 "kompletter Rückzug": SOFA-Positionen zwischen Irak und USA sollen sich annähern.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28945/1.html

MSNBC

10/16/08

The Bush administration has launched a furious lobbying campaign to win support from skeptical U.S. lawmakers and hostile Iraqi politicians for a security agreement governing the presence of American troops in Iraq. Although congressional approval is not legally required, lawmakers’ support is considered crucial for an agreement to go forward...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27222175/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+agreement

American troops could face trial before Iraqi courts for major crimes committed off base and when not on missions, under a draft security pact hammered out in months of tortuous negotiations, Iraqi officials familiar with the accord said Wednesday.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/16/draft-pact-lets-iraq-try-troops/



Iraqi Parliament accuses top US general of interfering

The Iraqi Parliament said on Thursday the top US general in Iraq violated diplomatic norms and interfered in internal affairs when he accused Iraqi lawmakers of taking bribes from Iran.

http://tinyurl.com/3suwea


From Information Clearing House

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

In the authorization bill, Mr. Bush challenged four sections. One forbid the money from being used "to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq"; another required negotiations for an agreement by which Iraq would share some of the costs of the American military operations there.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21037.htm

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Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): President Bush Asserts Right to Control Iraqi Oil
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/10/17-0



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=authorization+bill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=FCNL
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Das UN-Mandat für die Besatzung läuft aus und die Verhandlungen zum Abkommen über die amerikanischen Militärstützpunkte stecken fest.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28916/1.html

The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/


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By Aswat al-Iraq

The Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS - Sunni organization) on Monday issued a fatwa prohibiting signing the long-term Iraqi-U.S. security agreement, accusing governmental officials and lawmakers who would approve it of betrayal, according to a release issued by the association.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21008.htm

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Iraqi leaders consider troop deal with US

CNN

10/14/08

Iraqi leaders met Tuesday to review a draft of an agreement on the future of U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said. A senior Bush administration official said the text calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraqi cities, cease street patrols and return to their bases by June, unless Iraqis request their support...

http://tinyurl.com/3euksm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+agreement
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/13-2

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Whistleblower: Oil watchdog agency 'cult of corruption'

Bobby Maxwell kept a close eye on the oil industry for more than 20 years as a government auditor. But he said the federal agency he worked for is now a "cult of corruption" -- a claim backed up by a recent government report.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/oil.whistleblower/index.html


From Information Clearing House



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