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Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said in Tehran that the presence of foreign forces in the country is the biggest problem facing Iraq, while Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated his country's support to Iraq.

http://tinyurl.com/3po6nk



Maliki says immunity still a problem despite US concessions

Among sticking points is a demand that neither foreign troops nor civilian Americans should enjoy legal immunity while in Iraq, Maliki said.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZbRCB9fSmc00ayGwsnByOBDREfQ



'US using debts to blackmail Iraq'

Iraqi MPs say the US is using the country's debts as leverage to force Baghdad into signing the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=71676&sectionid=351020201


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Nick Mottern and Bill Rau, Truthout: "Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US military reports it has captured about 200,000 Iraqis, with some 96,000 of these being held at one time or another in US prisons in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/101008C



PART II: Detention Has a Wide, Destructive Impact in Iraq

Nick Mottern and Bill Rau, Truthout: "On August 5, 2008, Richard Rowley posted a video on the Web site of the Pulitzer Center, showing Iraqi families heading out into the desert of southern Iraq before dawn to visit relatives imprisoned by the US at Camp Bucca. The camp currently holds about 15,900 Iraqis, according to the US command in charge there."

http://www.truthout.org/101208C



Part III | Detention Has a Wide, Destructive Impact in Iraq

Nick Mottern and Bill Rau, Truthout: "When an Iraqi is pulled off the street by US forces or captured in combat, that person is facing enrollment in the 'population engagement program called detention.' This description of the US imprisonment of thousands of Iraqis was offered by Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone, former commander of Task Force 134 (TF-134), the unit in charge of US detention prisons in Iraq, speaking at a Pentagon press briefing in June 2008 at the completion of his 14-month tour in Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/101408T



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The Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether military analysts with ties to contractors and the Defense Department broke the law when they appeared on television to speak about the Iraq War, an FCC official said.

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