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US: No Secret Deal With Iraq
posted 06-08-08
Reuters and other news media report that the US really doesn't have a secret deal with Iraqis.
Thank goodness they cleared that up.
Reuters (please don't shell us again) dutifully reports in "No secret deal on pact with Iraq, U.S. says " :
Crocker rejected suggestions Washington wanted a permanent military presence in Iraq and that it was negotiating for dozens of long-term bases across the country.
"We are not seeking permanent military bases in Iraq. That is just flatly untrue. Nor are we seeking to control Iraqi air space. That is another enduring myth," he said.
He said Iraq was working hard to develop its own air traffic control capacity and as this happened, the United States would hand over increased responsibility.
Crocker said a military presence would be needed beyond this year. There are about 151,000 U.S. forces in Iraq.
Like the many other status of forces deals that Washington has with other countries, Crocker said the Iraqi arrangement would have a review provision.
"I am very comfortable saying to you, to the Iraqis and to anyone who asks that we are not seeking permanent bases, either explicitly or implicitly by just intending to stay there indefinitely," he added.
U.S. forces operate in Iraq under a U.N. mandate that expires at the end of 2008. Baghdad does not want that mandate extended, so the two governments have agreed to set guidelines to enable U.S. forces to remain beyond the end of this year.
Crocker said a tentative date of end-July had been set to wrap up negotiations on the long-term pact -- well before the next U.S. president is elected on Nov. 4.
Oh heavens yes! We wouldn't want a new president to shape the Iraq war according to the mandate that Americans have given him or anything like that.
Think Progess notes "NBC’s Engel: Permanent Bases Would Technically Be Iraqi With U.S. ‘Tenants’ As ‘A Face Saving Device’"
Well the deal is secret no more, even in Iraq : Sadrists protest US-Iraqi deal
Gulf Daily News reports that Iraqi officials assure them that US troops will be kept in check by the new deal with Americans in "Iraq to curb US troop movement "
Yeah, right.
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