Inside Iraq - security pact - Nov 21 - Part 1

After months of stalemate, painstaking negotiations, and political poker play, the US and Iraq have finally agreed on a definite date - to end the US-led occupation of Iraq by 2011.

Iraqi negotiators consider the firm withdrawal date a victory after the outgoing Bush administration had long insisted it would rely on conditions on the ground rather than be tied down to a timetable.

Senior US military officials, on the other hand, have been quoted as privately criticising US President George Bush for giving Iraq more control over American military operations for the next three years than it had contemplated.

Some critics say Bush gave in to Iraqi demands to avoid leaving the decisions to his successor, President-elect Barack Obama

However, the security agreement approved by the Iraqi Cabinet by a resounding majority last week could still be derailed by the Iraqi parliament.

But with talks of conspiracy theories and secret deals circulating in Baghdad, critics believe Iraq's Parliament will be split further, making it even more difficult for the new security pact to be passed.

Our guests this week are Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, plus the leader of Iraq's National Dialogue Front Saleh Al-Mutlaq and Asma Al-Musawi from the Sadrist Movement.

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[AssyrianBeast357]

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[Xortek2can]

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[Fajuvo]

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[Neiko410]

All those in power are afraid of loosing that power. The largest country terrorizing people is the united states. People don't care because if they get sick of the war in Iraq they will just turn the TV off. It isn't on American soil so no one cares. The real hero's are volunteers digging wells so that the starving will have fresh water. If your people really cared they would drop the guns and pick up a shovel. Respect your enemy as you respect yourself. This isn't a video game.

[covertbabo]

I notice that you didn't mention WMD, why is that?

[covertbabo]

Can anyone explain the following to me.

These retards are completely veiled, but at the same time going to the shirk parliament to legislate instead of Allah the Glorious and Majestic.

How can he possibly care for your veil if you are commiting apostasy and working with the Crusaders to establish a polytheistic rule in Iraq

[covertbabo]

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[covertbabo]

How did you arrive at the spelling "Irag," I'm curious