BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. troops must remain in Iraq until Iraqi forces are fully capable of replacing foreign forces, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A vote on a resolution to legalize the continued presence of non-U.S. foreign troops in Iraq was delayed Monday, observers said.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The security accord between Washington and Baghdad provides legal cover for the continued occupation of Iraq, a communist group said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Iraq's Presidency Council on Thursday approved a security agreement that oversees U.S. troop presence in Iraq through 2011.
The U.S.-Iraqi security pact passed through the Iraqi Parliament in the Thursday session. While the majority of the members present raised their hands in support of the agreement, other members, including the Sadrist Movement, demonstrated in opposition.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters flooded Baghdad's Firdos Square Friday to protest the Iraqi government's plan to sign an accord concerning U.S. troops in the country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Some U.S. troops in Iraq may begin seeking warrants from Iraqi officials as early as Dec. 1, a month before such action may be required, officials said.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Reaching an agreement on the legal framework for a U.S. troop withdrawal may not be possible without some amendments, a Sunni lawmaker said.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Iraqi speaker of Parliament suspended the Wednesday session following disputes between lawmakers and the foreign minister over the U.S. security pact.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq joined a chorus of voices in opposition to the bilateral security accord between Washington and Baghdad.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. officials hope they soon can reach a long-term security agreement with Iraq concerning U.S. troops, the U.S. State Department said Friday.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is urging U.S. President George Bush to accept the Iraqi amendments to an accord on future U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
ERBIL, Iraq, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Iraq may descend into civil war if Baghdad and Washington cannot agree to the provisions of a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement, the Kurdish president said.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi lawmakers Tuesday reviewed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement with Washington as Americans took to the polls to choose their next president.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says reports indicate Iran tried to squelch an agreement allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after the year's end.
