Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R) talks to vice-presidents Tareq al-Hashemi (L) and Adel Abdul-Mahdi before holding a meeting with other Iraqi political groups in Baghdad November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)Iraq Shiites, Kurds Meet Sunni Demand On
US Pact -- Yahoo News/AP
US Pact -- Yahoo News/AP
BAGHDAD – Iraq's ruling Shiite and Kurdish blocs made a key concession Wednesday to Sunni Arab legislators in hopes of securing a big majority in a crucial parliamentary vote later in the day on a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, officials said.
The proposed deal would let American troops stay in Iraq through 2011, meeting a longtime Iraqi demand for a clear timetable for their exit.
But the intensity of political maneuvering among Iraqi factions contributed to deep uncertainty about the outcome of a vote scheduled for Wednesday that will determine the status of some 150,000 troops in Iraq after years of war.
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