US says still no final deal with Baghdad on troops

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday there was no final deal with Baghdad on U.S. forces, after Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said agreement had been reached to end any foreign military presence by the end of 2011.

"What the negotiators agreed on was a draft agreement," said State Department spokesman Robert Wood. "It still has to go through a number of levers in the Iraqi political system before we actually have an agreement from the Iraqi side," and President Bush had to sign off on it, Wood said.

"Until we have a deal, we don't have a deal," he said. He declined to comment on 2011, which Maliki said was the agreed date to end any foreign military presence in Iraq. (Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Kristin Roberts)

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[maddezmom]

1. wonder what the hold up is?

Immunity?

[sabra]

2. so we've got al-Maliki saying "we've got a deal" and the US saying not yet...

hmm...

[maddezmom]

3. Iraqi PM: No to security pact with US unless there's withdrawal timetable&no open immunity

Iraqi PM: No to security pact with US unless there's withdrawal timetable
08/25/2008 | 09:54 PM

Email this | Email the Editor | Print | Digg this | Add to del.icio.us BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says there can be no security agreement with the United States unless there is a "specific deadline" for the withdrawal of American troops.

Al-Maliki also says that unless some clauses in the draft agreement under discussion are changed, it will be "difficult" for the pact to be adopted. He did not identify all those clauses.

But the prime minister told tribal leaders Monday that it cannot grant "open immunity" to Iraqis or foreigners because that would violate the "sanctity of Iraqi blood."
more:http://www.gmanews.tv/story/115978/Iraqi-PM-No-to-security-pact-with-US-unless-theres-withdrawal-timetable

[Pete2069]

4. US says still no final deal with Baghdad on troops

Didn't Bush say that if Iraq wanted us to withdrawn we
would...

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5. Imagine if foreign troops occupied...Vermont?