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    Default Iraq's leaders agree on key U.S. benchmarks

    I believe it's OK to keep this in the rumor section until they sign the laws that are needed....like the Hydrocarbon law.
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    Iraq's leaders agree on key U.S. benchmarks

    By Waleed Ibrahim 40 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key laws that Washington views as vital to fostering national reconciliation.


    The appearance of Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Iraqi television with the other leaders was a rare show of public unity amid crumbling support for the prime minister's government.
    The other officials at the news conference were President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd; Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi; Shi'ite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Masoud Barzani, president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Iraqi officials said the leaders had signed an agreement on easing restrictions on former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party joining the civil service and military.
    "They signed a new draft on debaathification," said Yasin Majid, a media adviser to Maliki.
    Other officials said consensus had been reached on holding provincial elections and releasing many detainees who have been held without charge, a key demand of Sunni Arabs since the majority are members of their sect.
    Majeed said the leaders also endorsed a draft oil law, which has already been agreed by the cabinet but has not yet gone to parliament.
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    The law is seen as the most important of a package of measures that have been stalled by political infighting in Maliki's government between the political parties, who have been reluctant to compromise.
    The lack of political action has frustrated U.S. President George W. Bush's administration, which has been urging more political progress before a pivotal report on Iraq is presented to the U.S. Congress next month.
    The report by the U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and ambassador Ryan Crocker, is seen as a watershed moment in the unpopular four-year-old war, with Democrats likely to use the negligible political progress to press their case for troops to begin pulling out soon.
    Bush is pleading for patience, pointing to the military's apparent success in reducing levels of violence between majority Shi'ite Muslims and minority Sunni Arabs.
    But Democrats are not convinced, with presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton and fellow Senator Carl Levin calling for Maliki to be replaced.
    The embattled prime minister hit back on Sunday, saying: "There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin."
    "This is severe interference in our domestic affairs. Carl Levin and Hillary Clinton are from the Democratic Party and they must demonstrate democracy," he said. "I ask them to come to their senses and to talk in a respectful way about Iraq."

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    Quote Originally Posted by okie from muskogee View Post
    I believe it's OK to keep this in the rumor section until they sign the laws that are needed....like the Hydrocarbon law.
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    Iraq's leaders agree on key U.S. benchmarks

    By Waleed Ibrahim 40 minutes ago

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key laws that Washington views as vital to fostering national reconciliation.


    The appearance of Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Iraqi television with the other leaders was a rare show of public unity amid crumbling support for the prime minister's government.
    The other officials at the news conference were President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd; Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi; Shi'ite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Masoud Barzani, president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
    Iraqi officials said the leaders had signed an agreement on easing restrictions on former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party joining the civil service and military.
    "They signed a new draft on debaathification," said Yasin Majid, a media adviser to Maliki.
    Other officials said consensus had been reached on holding provincial elections and releasing many detainees who have been held without charge, a key demand of Sunni Arabs since the majority are members of their sect.
    Majeed said the leaders also endorsed a draft oil law, which has already been agreed by the cabinet but has not yet gone to parliament.
    PACKAGE OF LAWS
    The law is seen as the most important of a package of measures that have been stalled by political infighting in Maliki's government between the political parties, who have been reluctant to compromise.
    The lack of political action has frustrated U.S. President George W. Bush's administration, which has been urging more political progress before a pivotal report on Iraq is presented to the U.S. Congress next month.
    The report by the U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and ambassador Ryan Crocker, is seen as a watershed moment in the unpopular four-year-old war, with Democrats likely to use the negligible political progress to press their case for troops to begin pulling out soon.
    Bush is pleading for patience, pointing to the military's apparent success in reducing levels of violence between majority Shi'ite Muslims and minority Sunni Arabs.
    But Democrats are not convinced, with presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton and fellow Senator Carl Levin calling for Maliki to be replaced.
    The embattled prime minister hit back on Sunday, saying: "There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of their villages, for example Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin."
    "This is severe interference in our domestic affairs. Carl Levin and Hillary Clinton are from the Democratic Party and they must demonstrate democracy," he said. "I ask them to come to their senses and to talk in a respectful way about Iraq."

    Iraq's leaders agree on key U.S. benchmarks - Yahoo! News
    BIG WOOP..what key bech marks a debathification policy and draft oil policy wich has been agreed on and waiting on parlament this is nothing new. We have know about that waiting in the wings for months.Then the rest of the article you see the crying and moaning from Maliki about what Clinton and Levin opinions wanting him out. Maliki complains.. I want them to talk about Iraq in a respectful way...Then do your xxxxxxx job you two faced kook. He dosent do jack but collect a pay check. tank --(Tank: While I'm on the same page when it comes to Maliki and wouldn't mind your expression in the least bit if it were you & me talking, it is not appropriate for the board. Use a little more subtlety, as it were, the next time. Regards, Thelema)
    Use common sense...the world may just start look different....its always fun to dream...and you never know they may come true ONE DAY

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    C'mon, tank, tell us how you REALLY feel! LOL...
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    Dear Hardwood: Sorry to hear about your wife's co-worker. You can be sure my prayers are with that person and their family and yours too.

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