Friday, November 21, 2008

'Pullout' Treaty A Win For Iraq And Us -- A Commentary

From The New York Post:

IRAQ'S parliament has been in high gear this week as it prepares to debate the new security agreement negotiated between the Bush administration and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government.

The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) provides for the final departure of US forces from Iraq in 2011. Opposition to it began crumbling earlier this week when Grand Ayatollah Al-Muhammad Sistani, the nation's most prestigious Shiite cleric, gave his blessing to the Cabinet-approved draft.

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