U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Morris provides security during a patrol in the Gazaliyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 19, 2008. Morris is assigned to Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill, U.S. Army. (Released)From The BBC:
Just over three years from now, all US forces could be out of Iraq, if the Iraqi-US security pact finally comes into force.
It will also give the Iraqi authorities much greater say over what American forces do in the meantime.
With the Iraqi cabinet vote on Sunday, it has passed its first hurdle and now goes to the Iraqi parliament.
It has to be approved by the end of the year, when the UN mandate covering the presence of US and other troops ends.
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My Comment: I can now taste it ..... American forces (at least most of them) will be out in three years. The war has been a mess, but this agreement is an accomplishment.