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Happpy1
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 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. |
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| Quote: | Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Published: November 16, 2008
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011.
All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers who attended the two-and-a-half-hour session voted for the agreement and sent it to Parliament for consideration, a huge relief to the United States, which had been in intense negotiations with the Iraqis for nearly a year.
The United Nations Security Council resolution that allows U.S. troops to operate in Iraq expires Dec. 31, and, without an extension of the resolution or a separate agreement with the Iraqis like that approved by the cabinet on Sunday, forces of the U.S.-led coalition would have no legal mandate to operate.
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| I have read US and other countries serving in the armed forces are providing tracking and rebuilding of museums and treasures for one of the world's oldest culture, Iraq. I do hope this is part of their plan! |
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Happpy1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| So do I, but a lot of things are probably lost forever. |
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