Rantburg 17 months ago

Maliki raises possibility that Iraq might ask U.S. to leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki raised the possibility that his country won't sign a status of forces agreement with the United States and will ask U.S. troops to go home when their U.N. mandate to be in Iraq expires at the end of the... Full Article at Rantburg

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  1. Iraq has another option that it may use ... The Iraqi government, if it wants, has the right to demand that the U.N. terminate the presence of international forces on Iraqi sovereign soil.
    SOURCE: Rantburg 17 months ago
  2. Our American allies need to understand and realize that this agreement must be respectful of Iraqi sovereignty ... We need them here for a while longer, and they know they have to remain here for a while.
    – Barham Salih SOURCE: Rantburg 17 months ago
  3. Iraq has another option that it may use ... The Iraqi government, if it wants, has the right to demand that the U.N. terminate the presence of international forces on Iraqi sovereign soil.
    SOURCE: Lawrence Journal World 17 months ago
  4. Our American allies need to understand and realize that this agreement must be respectful of Iraqi sovereignty ... We need them here for a while longer, and they know they have to remain here for a while.
    – Barham Salih SOURCE: Lawrence Journal World 17 months ago
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Cast of Characters

  1. Nouri al-Maliki Nouri al-Maliki
  2. United Nations United Nations
  3. King Abdullah II King Abdullah II
  4. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
  5. Ibrahim al-Jaafari Ibrahim al-Jaafari
  6. Barham Salih