Iraq says “Thanks, but we really need to plan for you leave”
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The Iraqi Parliament has approved the SOFA agreement, meaning US troops should be out of Iraq by 2012, but there remains a vocal minority against the pact:
Of the 198 lawmakers present, 149 raised their hands in favor of the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA. Seventy-seven were absent.
Maliki could probably have won approval without Sunni support, but he sought a wider consensus to burnish the pact's legitimacy. The vote, held above the din of Shiite detractors shouting "No!" and bashing books and binders on desks, followed intense negotiations among the nation's Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds.
Posted by brandonb at 8:54 AM on November 28th 2008
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I think I see the US's strategy here. Jawbone endlessly about leaving Iraq, all the while building and inhabiting huge, permanent installations all over the country.
Posted by ratslet at 11:56 PM on Nov 30th
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