[forkinsocket]

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[rfp1234]

Shiite protesters gathered across the country after Friday noon prayers and denounced the security pact, chanting "No, no to colonization! Out, out you occupier!"

Fools. What will they chant after they fall into the Mullahs' sphere of influence, and become subjugated to Iran as Finland was to the U.S.S.R.?

[theBuckwheat]

The article reeks of handwringing and sour grapes that the US has achieved its strategic goal in Iraq. Indeed, the very fact this issue is a topic of tension proves the Iraqi government is now beginning to stand on its own two legs.

[tobyhill]

The Iraqi Government has an election in October and will be doing a lot of this talk until then. I don’t anticipate anything getting signed or offered up till after their elections and before ours.

[flyfree]

The Iraqi proposal stipulates that, once Iraqi forces have resumed security responsibility in all 18 of Iraq’s provinces, U.S.-led forces would then withdraw from all cities in the country.

After that, the country’s security situation would be reviewed every six months, for three to five years, to decide when U.S.-led troops would pull out entirely, al-Adeeb said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq