Leila Fadel, of McClatchy Newspapers: "Iraqi lawmakers say the United States is demanding 58 bases as part of a proposed 'status of forces' agreement that will allow US troops to remain in the country indefinitely. Leading members of the two ruling Shiite parties said in a series of interviews the Iraqi government rejected this proposal along with another US demand that would have effectively handed over to the United States the power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq. Lawmakers said they fear this power would drag Iraq into a war between the United States and Iran."
http://www.truthout.org/article/us-seeking-58-bases-iraq-shiite-lawmakers-say
Bush Forced to Rethink Plan to Keep Iraq Bases
Leonard Doyle, of The Independent UK, writes: "Faced with Iraqi anger over a US plan to enable Washington to keep military forces in the country indefinitely, George Bush is offering concessions to the government of Nouri al-Maliki in an effort to salvage an agreement, it emerged yesterday."
http://www.truthout.org/article/bush-forced-rethink-plan-keep-iraq-bases
Iraq Says Talks With US on Pact Deadlocked
Waleed Ibrahim reports for Reuters: "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact were deadlocked because of US demands that infringed Iraq's sovereignty."
http://www.truthout.org/article/iraq-says-talks-with-us-pact-deadlocked
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Iraq Tells US It Wants Troops Back in Barracks
American troops in Iraq would be confined to their bases and private security guards subject to local law if Iraq gets its way in negotiations with the US over the future status of American forces.
http://tinyurl.com/3otrlc
Top Iraqi cleric warns of uprising
A leading Iraqi Shiite cleric said Monday the status of forces agreement between Washington and Baghdad could lead to an uprising in Iraq.
http://tinyurl.com/5jsl38
The reality is that Iraqi authority would be nominal
The US is lowering the number of bases it wants from 58 to "the low dozens" and says it is willing to compromise on legal immunity for foreign contractors according to information leaked to The Independent.
http://tinyurl.com/4ujhdy
Bush forced to rethink plan to keep Iraq bases
President offers concessions after furious reaction in Baghdad to American 'colonialism'.
http://tinyurl.com/3l54ul
Iranian "Bases"
By removing Saddam, disbanding the army, dividing Iraq into provinces and widening the sectarian and ethnic divide, in other words by ridding Iraq of all the fundamentals of a unified, sovereign nation, the invasion had fulfilled its Iranian purpose.
http://tinyurl.com/3ettre
Maliki Criticizes U.S. Demands to Stay in Iraq
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday denounced demands made by the United States to extend the presence of American troops in Iraq, saying that the two sides are deadlocked and far from reaching an agreement.
http://tinyurl.com/53xjst
Iraq cleric plans new armed group
Iraq's hard-line Shi'ite leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, said on Friday he plans to form a new wing of his powerful movement to battle United States forces, allowing other members to focus on social issues.
http://tinyurl.com/3w3dlc
America's Neo-colonial Ambitions in Iraq
The United States has clearly not yet learned the lesson that occupation breeds insurrection.
http://tinyurl.com/3j9ate
Iraq war could cost taxpayers $2.7 trillion
The Iraq war has already cost taxpayers $646 billion. That's only accounting for five years, and, with the conflict expected to drag on for another five years, the figure is expected to more than quadruple.
http://tinyurl.com/422afj
From Information Clearing House
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Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): US Bases In Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0611-16.htm
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Death and Bases
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/34066
From ufpj-news
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraqi+lawmaker
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Shiite+cleric
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Sadr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=permanent+bases
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=uprising
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leila+Fadel
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Institute+for+Public+Accuracy
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