Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S.


	Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S.

ratilfar

6-14-2008 12:02 PM

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iraq, politics, war, surge, occupation, control, conquest, empire

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"Premier Rejects Terms of Proposed Pacts; Cleric Reactivates Militia"

The Surge? What Surge?

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BAGHDAD, June 13 -- The Bush administration's <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/iraq.html?nav=el">Iraq</A> policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Nouri+al-Maliki?tid=informline">Nouri al-Maliki</A> publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Muqtada+al-Sadr?tid=informline">Moqtada al-Sadr</A> called for a new militia offensive against U.S. forces.
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During a visit to Jordan, Maliki said negotiations over initial U.S. proposals for bilateral political and military agreements had "reached a dead end." While he said talks would continue, his comments fueled doubts that the pacts could be reached this year, before the Dec. 31 expiration of a <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/United+Nations?tid=informline">United Nations</A> mandate sanctioning the U.S. role in Iraq.
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