Iraq cuts off talks with Bush, we have reached a "dead end".

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_3

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says talks with the United States on a longterm security agreement have reached a "dead end." Al-Maliki says the talks slumped because each side refused the other's demands.

He says the initial framework agreed upon was to have been an accord "between two completely sovereign states." But he says the U.S. proposals "do not take into consideration Iraq's sovereignty."

The prime minister said Friday "this is not acceptable." The American demands "violate Iraqi sovereignty. At the end, we reached a dead end."

Washington and Baghdad have been negotiating behind closed doors a deal that would give U.S. troops legal grounds for an extended stay in Iraq after a United Nations mandate expires Dec. 31.

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1. Good for Maliki! ... for standing up for Iraq's sovereignty

This is great news really. The Iraqis deserve to get their own sovereign nation back and I support
them in that struggle, and trust that President Obama will too.