Iraqis May Vote On The U.S. Presence In Their Country

A U.S soldier speaks with Iraqi children as he patrols Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, November 3, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Iraq VP Proposes Referendum On U.S.
Security Pact -- Yahoo News/Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three years should be put to the public in a referendum, Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said on Tuesday.

The pact, which will govern the U.S. presence in Iraq after a mandate from the U.N. Security Council expires at year's end, "must not pass without approval from Iraqis," Tareq al-Hashemi, who is one of Iraq's two vice presidents, said in a statement."

"This agreement is an important and sensitive subject ... Iraqis should have their say."

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