Iraqi Cabinet To Vote On US Pact This Weekend, Minister Says
AFP:
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraqi cabinet will vote on a controversial military pact to govern the presence of US troops in the country on either Saturday or Sunday, Iraq's finance minister said.
"We received the last draft from the Americans and now it is being discussed between the American and the Iraqi committees and the prime minister's office," Baqer Jabr Solagh told AFP on Wednesday.
"The cabinet will meet (Saturday or Sunday) to see the last draft and then the cabinet will vote ... They have to vote, yes or no."

First Posted: 11-12-08 02:17 PM | Updated: 12-13-08 05:12 AM