Jeremy Scahill and Noam Chomsky: The Truth About America's Secret, Dirty Wars

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29. The Obama Administration executed the SOFA Agreement....

negotiated by the Bush Administration in 2008 To The Letter.
The Obama Administration actually requested an extension to the Withdrawal of American Forces Deadline,
and were told by the Iraqis,
"Not just NO, but F**k NO" to the requested extension.

You may not like it, but those ARE The Facts.

Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq

The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq&quot was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008.

It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011.[1] The pact required criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and required a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that were not related to combat.[1]

U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces would have been subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies would retain their immunity. If U.S. forces committed still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they would have been subjected to an undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certified the forces were off-duty.

Iraq’s Government, Not Obama, Called Time on the U.S. Troop Presence

http://world.time.com/2011/10/21/iraq-not-obama-called-time-on-the-u-s-troop-presence/#ixzz2TajMCZIa




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