Talks on US-Iraq pact at 'dead end'

[spanone]

and junior was just sure this would happen in july

Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, says talks with the US on a new long-term security pact have reached a "dead end".

The US and Iraq are negotiating a new agreement to provide a legal basis for US troops to stay in Iraq after December 31, when their UN mandate expires.
They are also negotiating a long-term strategic framework agreement on political, diplomatic, economic, security and cultural ties.
"We have reached a dead end, because when we started the talks, we found that the US demands hugely infringe on the sovereignty of Iraq, and this we can never accept," al-Maliki said during a visit to Jordan on Friday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6F2C43E8-10DD-4103-9963-3C371E2C7877.htm

[bdamomma]

1. I hope the Iraqis stand strong on this one.

[spanone]

2. michael ware is reporting on this on cnn right now

saying this pact could determine the future of america in iraq....pretty important stuff

[bdamomma]

3. the Maliki government is well aware of what our thuggish government wants.

and the doubling of permanent bases too, the Iraqis do not want it.

[Bandit]

4. sovereignty of Iraq, ..~..ROTFLMAO

As long as America is there occupying that country they have no sovereignty, just a lie told by our Republican rulers.