AFSC posts first English translation of U.S.-Iraq draft agreement


	AFSC posts first English translation of U.S.-Iraq draft agreement

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9-10-2008 8:27 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5dcb1288-06c7-4a8c-b844-0a397b357433/6AB4170C-7A95-487C-80AE-59418B11D16E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/" href="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.afsc.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/"><H2 class="topstorytitle">AFSC posts first English translation <BR />of U.S.-Iraq
draft agreement</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/"><P>WASHINGTON, DC (Sept. 3) – At the end of 2008, the current U.N. mandate for
the United States military presence in Iraq expires.  Will the U.S. stay, or
will it withdraw its troops?
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/"><P>An <A href="http://www.asharqalawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&article=484983&issueno=10869%20%20%20">Arabic-language
version </A>of a draft agreement has appeared in media outlets in Iraq, but has
not been reported on in the United States. The American Friends Services
Committee today posts the <A href="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/60561">first known
public English translation</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/"><P>Members of the U.S. and Iraq executive branches have worked to define what
will happen with the U.S. troops, but. neither government had announced an
agreement. </p> Both the U.S. Congress and the Iraqi parliament have expressed strong
resistance to such a measure. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/"><P>The Iraqi parliament, in particular, opposes establishing such an agreement
with an occupying power.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.afsc.org/Iraq/">The agreement would have significant implications for the future of the U.S.
military presence, permanent bases, and other aspects of continuing U.S.
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