Tuesday, June 10, 2008

US seeking 58 bases in Iraq

Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers say the United States is demanding 58 bases as part of a proposed "status of forces" agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country indefinitely.

Leading members of the two ruling Shiite parties said in a series of interviews the Iraqi government rejected this proposal along with another U.S. demand that would have effectively handed over to the United States the power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq.
Lawmakers said they fear this power would drag Iraq into a war between the United States and Iran.

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