US pushes Iraqi MPs for stay beyond 2011, while Iraqi hezbollah vows reprisal


JNN 22 Aug 2011 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday he thinks progress has been made in talks with Baghdad on maintaining some U.S. military presence in Iraq after the end-of-year deadline for withdrawing American forces. Continue reading

No plans to extend US presence – Iraqi PM Maliki


JNN 24 April 2011 : Al-Maliki’s office said in a statement on Saturday that he is not going to extend The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US military and does not seek to prolong the US presence in Iraq. Continue reading