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Article: Iraqi Parliament OKs security pact with U.S.
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- Charleston Gazette
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- November 28, 2008
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament approved a security pact that
requires all U.S. troops to be out in three years.
The vote for the security deal followed months of difficult talks
between U.S. and Iraqi negotiators.
U.S. military officials believe the Iraqi police and military
forces they've been training are better able to fend for themselves
now, and the terms of the security pact reflect that confidence:
U.S. forces will withdraw from Iraqi towns and cities by June 30 and
the entire country by Jan. 1, 2012.
"This is a historic day for the great Iraqi people," Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a 10-minute address on national
television. "We have achieved one of its most important ...