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NEWS ABOUT: Status of Forces Agreement

Status of Forces Agreement stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - The US should get out of Iraq sooner rather than later, a top Army officer wrote in a recent memo obtained by the Washington Independent. Col. Timothy Reese, the chief of the Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team, says American forces “smell bad to the Iraqi nose,” and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • timetable • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • Timothy Reese

General: Al-Qaeda Threatens Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

Troops may stay in Mosul, Baqubah beyond June 30

Apr 10, 09 1:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US may have to ignore the June 30 deadline for US troops to pull out of Iraqi cities if al-Qaeda is to be defeated, America's top commander in Iraq tells the Times of London. Gen. Ray Odierno believes the military can stick to most of the withdrawal timetable, but... More »

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US military • troop withdrawal • Mosul • Baqubah • Iraq war • Status of Forces Agreement • Gen. Ray Odierno

(Newser) - President Obama didn’t mince his words in his address at Camp Lejeune, NC, today. “By Aug. 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end,” he declared, earning his first applause from the audience of Marines. “Iraq is not yet secure, and there will be difficult... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • speech • Camp Lejeune • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • President Obama • Marines

US Troops to Stay in Iraqi Cities Past Deadline

Odierno says troops to stay past June, remain in 'close partnership' with Iraqis

Dec 13, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Not all American troops will be leaving Iraqi cities in June, despite a new security agreement with the Iraqi government requiring them to do so, Gen. Ray Odierno said today. A number of troops still to be negotiated with the Iraqi government will remain in city security posts to support... More »

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Iraq • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • security pact • Gen. Ray Odierno

US Moves to Boost Cases Against Key Iraqi Detainees

Accord will shift jurisdiction to Baghdad, and officials want evidence to stand up in trial

Dec 3, 08 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military has begun assembling evidence against 5,000 Iraqi detainees it deems most dangerous, USA Today reports, hoping to file charges that will stand up in court once Baghdad gains legal jurisdiction. Some 15,800 detainees remain in military custody, but when the Status of Forces Agreement kicks... More »

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Iraq • law • Iraqi prisons • Iraqi government • detainees • Status of Forces Agreement

 10,000 Iraqis Protest Troop Deal 

Hang Bush in effigy

Nov 21, 08 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 10,000 Muqtada al-Sadr supporters gathered in Baghdad today to protest the US-Iraqi security pact that would keep troops in the country for another 3 years. The protesters hanged an effigy of President Bush from the same plinth Saddam Hussein’s statue was once toppled from by US... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • protests • Muqtada al-Sadr • political protest • Status of Forces Agreement • security pact

Maliki, US
Reach Deal
on Troops

Breakthrough sets stage for vote to have Americans out in 2011

Nov 15, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Nouri al-Maliki has thrown his support behind the latest version of a proposed US-Iraqi security pact and will urge his Cabinet members to do the same, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Iraqi prime minister’s support represents a huge step in the contentious negotiations to replace an expiring UN... More »

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Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • security pact

 Al-Sadr Decries US Pact at Rally

Tens of thousands gather in protest

Oct 18, 08 10:51 AM CDT
(AP) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today called on Iraq's parliament to reject a US-Iraqi security pact as tens of thousands of his followers rallied in Baghdad against the deal. "The Iraqi government has abandoned its duty before God and its people," Sadr said through a spokesman. "I am... More »

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Iraq • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement

 Maliki Is US Pawn No Longer 

Iraqi drifts away from US—and toward Iran

Sep 16, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With just four months left on America’s UN mandate to police Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki is playing hardball. Once seen as an embattled US puppet, the Iraqi PM has consolidated his power, and is turning visibly away from his former backers in Washington, the Los Angeles Times reports. He’s... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • Awakening Councils • Status of Forces Agreement

 US, Iraq Inch Closer to Pact

'Time horizon' greases wheels in negotiation

Jul 30, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration has made serious strides in its efforts to forge a security pact with Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reports. Just a month ago Nouri al-Maliki said talks had hit a “dead end,” but now that Bush has agreed to set up a flexible withdrawal... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • timetable • Iraq security • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • time horizon • 'general time horizon'

Timetable Needed to End 'Foreign Presence' in Iraq: PM

'Specific time' for withdrawal must be part of new security deal, Maliki says

Jul 7, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq is ready to be rid of US troops, its prime minister said today, and he wants a timetable. “We are looking at the necessity of terminating the foreign presence on Iraqi lands and restoring full sovereignty,” Nouri al-Maliki told Arab diplomats, saying the “memorandum of understanding”... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • timetable • treaty • Iraqi government • Iraq exit strategy • memorandum of understanding • Status of Forces Agreement

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