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| Anonymous | Iranian hackers | 0 | Feb 7 2009, 3:32 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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| task191 | Al-Maliki aide: Iraqis mull leaving bilateral security talks with USA | 0 | Jun 14 2008, 12:11 AM EDT by task191 | ||
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taken from an article from CNN today.
Al-Maliki aide: Iraqis mull leaving bilateral security talks Iraq is contemplating pulling out of security talks with the United States and developing their own legislation that would dictate the shape of the American military presence in the country, an Iraqi official said Thursday. The Iraqi government is considering this new tack out of frustration over the lack of success in negotiations with the United States over a long-term security agreement. Haidar Abadi, an aide to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, made the remarks to CNN on Thursday about the talks, which have sparked concern among Iraqis that a bilateral security pact will compromise the sovereignty of Iraq. Abadi said this issue must be broached with Americans, who "are here," making "sacrifices, and defending the country. "But, he said, "we can go now to the parliament," instead of reaching a bilateral agreement. He said there is precedent for Iraqi authority over foreign troops from a Coalition Provisional Authority measure cobbled together at the start of the occupation. "We can have our own law in Iraq to regulate the existing U.S. forces in Iraq," he said. Senior American officials involved in the negotiations tell CNN that Iraq's go-it-alone option is a legally viable alternative. However, the United States hopes to secure a status of forces agreement by the end of July, and officials commenting on those talks have underscored American respect for sovereignty and the fact that negotiations have yet to conclude. At present, a U.N. mandate governs the American military presence through the end of the year.
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| task191 | Chatter-Iran-Iraq meetings | 1 | Jun 12 2008, 4:50 AM EDT by geraldanthro | ||
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From an Iranian source of mine who lives in the US came the following info. He just got back from visiting family in Iran. In the meetings this past week between Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the following deal was offered by Iran to Iraq. This is sort of a take off on public information but what makes it different is that from many sources in Iran, the following is all but a done deal but not announced.
Iran offered to Iraq that if Iraq asks and gets the USA to leave Iraq, Iran will pledge to cooperate with Iraq and not invade them or anything to this nature. If Iraq doesn't ask the USA to leave, the Iranian deal is off the table. The difference on this info from the reported is, according to this source, this deal has been all but signed and will pend the Iraqis giving the USA the boot out. This is NOT a deal the USA was involved in at all. It will of course embarrass the USA and give Iran the chance to get its claws into Iraq. Comments? Here is a link to an article about the meetings. Please use website protocol for links here. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5leYnvOpPqrVCiXxC65pROPNYBAD916V2P00 |
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