U.S., Iraq Scale Down Negotiations Over Forces

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In place of the formal status-of-forces agreement negotiators had hoped to complete by July 31, the two governments are now working on a "bridge" document, more limited in both time and scope, that would allow basic U.S. military operations to continue beyond the expiration of a U.N. mandate at the end of the year. The failure of months of negotiations over the more detailed accord -- blamed on both the Iraqi refusal to accept U.S. terms and the complexity of the task -- deals a blow to the Bush administration's plans to leave in place a formal military architecture in Iraq that could last for years.
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  1. #1    Boy I am glad to see that the Iraqis will not be bullied into anything the bush administration wants - who the hell is john mccain and george bush to say they refuse to set a timetable when iraq demands it - remember those cute speeches, where you said, if they ask us to leave, we will leave? Or, like everything else from your mouths, you will lie and deny you ever said anything. I guess you guys are pretty stupid, to think that what you have said cannot be found and played out in media and blogging - you just lie and say its false, etc, etc disgusting.....
    written by angry_diane since 576 days 4 hours 31 minutesangry_diane
  2. #2    AS LONG AS THE IRAQIS - SUNNI & SHIA - PERMIT ANY U.S. TROOPS OR BASES IN THEIR NATION, THEIR MUSLIM BROTHERS WILL HAVE DIED FOR NAUGHT! GET THE U.S. OUT!
    written by MotherJones since 576 days 2 hours 20 minutesMotherJones
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