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Fri 11 Nov 2008Agreement on US presence in Iraq up to 2011 approved
IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT yesterday approved by a solid majority the pact governing the presence and operations of US forces in the country until the end of 2011.
The Status of Forces Agreement, which was endorsed by the Shia, Kurdish and Sunni blocs, provides for the extension of the presence of US troops, now numbering 150,000, close Iraqi government oversight of their operations, the handover to Iraqi control of cities and towns by next June, and full withdrawal from the entire country and evacuation of all bases in three years' time.
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