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On Sunday, after nearly a year of intense negotiations, Iraq’s cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security agreement that requires coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.
The Iraqi Cabinet has voted overwhelmingly to approve a new military pact with the United States, after weeks of bitter debate and fiery opposition from several influential shi’ite leaders.
In this ancient city along the Tigris River, a new Al-Askari Mosque — a revered Shi’ite shrine and ground zero in the sectarian battles that roiled Iraq — is slowly rising from the rubble of war.
It looks increasingly likely that President Bush will leave office without having achieved one of his most significant goals: the signing of a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq.
Friday, September 19, 2008Still No Agreement
Last June negotiations with Iraq over extending the “agreement that would legally extend the U.S. imperial occupation of Iraq” (as Truthdig puts it so nicely) had hit a major speed bump over...
At least five cholera cases have been confirmed in Baghdad and the southern province of Maysan, due to soaring temperatures and rundown water plants, the Health Ministry said on 2 September. “Four cases have been confirmed in Baghdad and the fifth...
he Iraqi government has launched a registration process for Palestinian refugees who arrived between 1948 and 1967 – and their descendants – to help ensure they benefit from government aid programs. Those registered will be issued with ID...
An agreement was reached on Friday stating that the all of the United States (US) armed forces currently stationed in Iraq would be pulled out by 2011. Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud, the deputy foreign minister of Iraq, stated that the deal has to be signed...
The International Organization for Migration says daily life for thousands of Internally Displaced People living in tent camps in Iraq is particularly grim. A study by the Geneva-based IOM finds people who live in these remote, barren settlements...