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Planned Iraqi referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement

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Under the agreement, the United States' Army must withdraw from all cities by mid-2009 and from Iraq altogether by the end of 2011. Iraqi courts will be able to try crimes committed by off-duty soldiers outside their bases. The United States would not be allowed to use Iraq as a base to attack any
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If the referendum result would have been against the SOFA, the Iraqi government would have given notice to end the agreement and US troops would have been required to leave Iraq within one year. "If the Iraqi people reject the pact in the referendum ... the government of Iraq will be committed,
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and that the agreement be put to a referendum the following year. In the end the Maliki government agreed to the referendum and the two groups dropped their other demands.
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according to the law, to the result of the referendum and will convey this will to the American administration. The pact will be annulled," Iraq's Sunni Vice-president
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other state - a response to a recent bombing of Syria - and the Iraqi Army would have control over the operations and movements of the United States' army.
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on 16 November and sent to the Council of Representatives for approval. The agreement was initialled by Foreign Minister
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When the bill came up for its second reading in November, many MPs left the country to go on the annual
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The Agreement was necessary as the legal authority for the presence of the United States' troops - the
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assume their national and historical responsibility to give their opinion frankly about the agreement
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said. The deal can be terminated if either signatory gives the other side a year's notice.
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pilgrimage to Mecca. This was strongly criticised by Sistani, who said MPs should "
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in 2010. Contrary to expectations, it was not held on 7 March 2010 together with
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were reported to be concerned that the departure of the
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Iraq factions agree to vote on U.S. pact - lawmaker
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Iraqi parliament approves landmark US military pact
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