Agreement Reached On U.S. - Iraq Security Pact

Never-ending conflict … an Iraqi soldier detains a man after a bomb explosion in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday. Seven people died nearby at Tal Afar in a car bomb attack. Photo: AFP (Image from The Sydney Morning Herald)
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.
-- New York Times

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011.

All but one of the 28 cabinet ministers who attended the two-and-a-half- hour session voted for the agreement and sent it to Parliament for consideration, a huge relief to the United States, which had been in intense negotiations with the Iraqis for nearly a year.

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More News On The U.S.-Iraq Security Pact

Iraqi Cabinet agrees deal for US troop pullout by end of 2011 -- Times Online
Iraq's Cabinet approves U.S. security pact -- CNN
Iraqi Cabinet approves pact letting U.S. forces stay through 2011 -- L.A. Times
Iraqi Cabinet approves security pact with US -- AP

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