Iraqi leaders hold off on approving US pact

Oct. 20, 2008
IRAQI POLITICAL leaders meeting yesterday took no decision to approve a pact allowing US troops to stay for three years, and many expressed reservations about it, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said. "They just finished the meeting and they did not take a decision on the pact because...
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