<![CDATA[US, Iraq Long-Term Security Deal Abandoned]]>

1.0 link 112383 <![CDATA[US, Iraq Long-Term Security Deal Abandoned]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/13/us-iraq-long-term-securit_n_112383.html The Washington Post reports that the U.S. and Iraq have abandoned attempts to forge a long-term security agreement. The focus is now on a "bridge document" that would provide for basic military operations after the UN mandate expires at the end of this year, and it would fall to the next administration to deal with any extended security agreement:

U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops in Iraq...

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