Reuters (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011, taking the country a big step closer to full sovereignty.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved a landmark security pact with the United States that paves the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011, taking the country a big step closer to full sovereignty.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The move underscores Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's concerns about passing the Status of Forces Agreement without a wide margin. The pact governs the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. Iraq's Shiite-dominated parliament today delayed voting on a pact setting Dec. 31, 2011, as the deadline for U.S. forces to leave Iraq as Sunni Arab lawmakers pressed for more concessions in exchange for supporting it....
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The Iraqi parliament postponed Wednesday the vote on security agreement with the U.S. to Thursday, the parliament speaker said.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nearly 2,500 candidates have submitted nominations to contest parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on December 29, poll officials said Monday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraqi towns by mid-2009, and leave the country by end-2011.Iraq's parliament approved pact last week but said it should be put to a national referendum by the end of July."There will be an opportunity of six months ... to test intentions, so that the U.S. can make this clear to the Iraqi side and it can be seen they are committed," government spokesman Ali...
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
RESERVATIONS HELD: But Al Sistani said politicians must decide the value of the controversial security pact. (Getty Images)Iraq's influential Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani has reservations about a pact allowing US troops to stay for three more years, but politicians must decide its value, a source said on Saturday.Iraq's parliament passed a law approving the long-awaited security...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's influential Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has reservations about a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay for three more years, but politicians must decide its value, a source said on Saturday.Iraq's parliament passed a law approving the long-awaited security pact on Thursday, paving the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011 and taking the...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... the deal.But al-Sadr, who commands a large following among impoverished Iraqi Shiites and a 30-seat bloc in the 275-seat parliament, rejected the pact and said U.S. troops should withdraw immediately.Al-Sadr, who lives in Iran, issued a separate statement via his spokesman Sheik Salah al-Obeidi calling for three days of mourning and peaceful public protests as a show of opposition...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Sunni Arab bloc, which wanted concessions for supporting the deal. But al-Sadr, who commands a 30-seat bloc in the 275-seat parliament, rejected the pact and said U.S. troops should withdraw immediately.A key aide to al-Sadr linked Friday's bombing to the agreement and warned that the American presence can only to more violence. He appeared to be suggesting that U.S. forces...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Sunni Arab bloc, which wanted concessions for supporting the deal. But al-Sadr, who commands a 30-seat bloc in the 275-seat parliament, rejected the pact and said U.S. troops should withdraw immediately.A key aide to al-Sadr linked Friday's bombing to the agreement and warned that the American presence can only to more violence. He appeared to be suggesting that U.S. forces...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Sunni Arab bloc, which wanted concessions for supporting the deal. But al-Sadr, who commands a 30-seat bloc in the 275-seat parliament, rejected the pact and said U.S. troops should withdraw immediately.A key aide to al-Sadr linked today’s bombing to the agreement and warned that the American presence can only to more violence. He appeared to be suggesting that U.S. forces...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... that the Somali people will support the new power-sharing agreement, which calls for a 550-seat parliament that elects a Speaker and a new President by January 2009. Full storyFor the opposition, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said the new deal puts Somalia "on the path to reconciliation.""The agreement has been reached, but its implementation depends on public support,"...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Share BAGHDAD — Two senior Shiite lawmakers close to the prime minister say an agreement has been reached with a group of mostly Sunni legislators for their support of a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.Lawmakers Khalid al-Attiyah and Sami al-Askari say both the agreement with the Sunnis as well as the security pact will be put to a vote later today in the 275-seat parliament.The security...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
BAGHDAD The Iraq government's Shiite bloc on Thursday rejected two demands made by a group of mostly Sunni lawmakers as conditions for their support of a proposal to allow American troops to stay through 2011, an aide to the prime minister said.
The dispute threatened to further delay a vote on the agreement, which had been rescheduled for Thursday in the fractious 275-seat parliament....
