The signatures represented just over half the member****p of Iraq's
parliament, said Delahunt, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman.
Iraq Lawmakers Want US Forces Out as Part of Deal
Friday 04 July 2008
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by: Reuters
Wa****ngton - A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to
Congress
rejecting a long-term security deal with Wa****ngton if it is not linked to
a
requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Rep. William Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat, released excerpts
from
a letter he was handed by Iraqi parliamentarians laying down conditions
for
the security pact that the Bush administration seeks with Iraq.
The proposed pact has become increasingly controversial in Iraq, where
there have been protests against it. It has also drawn criticism from
Democrats on the presidential election campaign trail in the United
States,
who say President George W. Bush is trying to dictate war policy after he
leaves office.
"The majority of Iraqi representatives strongly reject any
military-security, economic, commercial, agricultural, investment or
political agreement with the United States that is not linked to clear
mechanisms that obligate the occupying American military forces to fully
withdraw from Iraq," the letter to the leaders of Congress said.
The signatures represented just over half the member****p of Iraq's
parliament, said Delahunt, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman.
Two Iraqi lawmakers whose parties were listed as signatories testified
to Delahunt's panel on Wednesday that U.S. troops should leave Iraq, and
that talks on the long-term security pact should be postponed until after
they are gone.
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