1.0 link 135212 <![CDATA[US-Iraq Withdrawal Plan Reached, Mirrors Obama's Plan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/16/us-iraq-withdrawal-plan-r_n_135212.html Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi officials said yesterday.

The accord became a major test of strength between the Iraqi government and Washington since negotiations began in March with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, pictured below, demanding US concessions on the date of the troop withdrawal and immunity for US troops. The pact replaces the UN Security Council resolution...

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