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security pact stories: 9 news summaries

Bush Makes Surprise Farewell Stop in Baghdad

Will meet leaders, thank troops in mission's 'endgame'

Dec 14, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise farewell trip, the BBC reports. A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US mission in Iraq is in its “endgame,” Bush met with President Jalal Talabani; he’ll meet with other "leaders, thank the troops, and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • David Petraeus • US military • troop withdrawal • Jalal Talabani • George W. Bush • security pact

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

 Iraq OKs US Troops
 for 3 More Years  

Pact gives Iraqis more oversight over American presence

Nov 27, 08 8:14 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament today passed a security pact with the US that lets American troops stay in the country for 3 more years. The ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc backed the "yes" vote, the AP reports. The parliament speaker said an... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Iraqi Parliament • US troops • soldier • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Iraq Parliament Delays Vote on US Security Pact

Political bargaining forces postponement to tomorrow

Nov 26, 08 10:42 AM CST
(AP) - Intense dealmaking among Iraq's political factions has delayed until tomorrow a parliamentary vote on the security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the country through 2011. The Shiite-led government is struggling to meet the demands of political blocs, including a large group of Sunni Arab lawmakers, seeking... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • US military • Sunnis • vote • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

Contractors in Iraq Could Be Charged for Old Incidents

Charges Could Loom for Contractors in Old Iraq Disputes

Nov 21, 08 12:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq may be able to prosecute US contractors for misdeeds committed when they were thought to be operating under American immunity, McClatchy reports. The new security pact doesn’t block such retroactive legal action, news that came as a surprise to Blackwater, whose contractors have been involved in the most... More »

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Blackwater • security contractors • Iraqi government • Iraq war • security pact

 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

Iraq Calls for Changes
in US Pullout Pact

Minister had called deal final

Oct 19, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parties in Iraq’s ruling Shiite coalition are seeking to alter what was supposed to be a final agreement with the US concerning when American troops would leave, Reuters reports. The draft says US forces must leave Iraq by the end of 2011 unless the Iraqi government wants them to... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraq pullout • coalition government • security pact

US Will Be Out
of Iraq by 2011,
PM Says

Maliki firm on 'fixed date,' though US says deal isn't finalized

Aug 25, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has agreed to a timeline that forces all foreign troops out of Iraq by 2011 as part of a proposed pact, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said today. "There is an agreement actually reached, reached between the two parties on a fixed date, which is the end... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • US military • troop withdrawal • deal • military agreement • security pact

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