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US plans to stay in Iraq and hold suspects indefinitely



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PROVISION is being made for US forces to remain in Iraq indefinitely, according to details in a confidential draft agreement.
The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security" without time limit.

US officials said the plans for the future of US forces in Iraq were part of an "ongoing process" and it would be premature to speculate on the eventual result.

Lieutenant Colonel Todd Vician, a spokesman for the US Department of Defence, added that America was not seeking permanent military bases in Iraq. Lt Col Vician said: "

The secretary (Robert Gates) has spoken many times about our intent regarding force levels and not seeking permanent bases in Iraq."

The new plans are likely to be strongly opposed in both Washington and Iraq as there was no mention of a time limit or restrictions on the US forces in the country. The UN mandate expires at the end of the year and the new agreement is made to govern the status of the US military forces in Iraq.





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  • Last Updated: 08 April 2008 11:11 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: War in Iraq
 
1

Reckless,

Corrupt EU 08/04/2008 13:24:31
The plan always was to remain in Iraq.

What about this?

Expert: "We're brainwashing our children" about global warming

Bob Swanson and Doyle Rice
USA Today
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Another post from guest blogger Rick Neale of Florida Today, from the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando:

William Gray, the well-known Colorado State University hurricane forecaster, routinely uses the annual National Hurricane Conference as a platform to bash global warming. In a statement to Florida Today, Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus — and "a mild form of McCarthyism has developed toward those scientists who do not agree" that mankind is in danger.

"We are also brainwashing our children on the warming topic. We have no better example than Al Gore's alarmists and inaccurate movie which is being shown in our schools and being hawked by warming activists with little or no meteorological-climate background," Gray wrote.
2

Biker,

Ayr 08/04/2008 16:53:12
Both the war and detaining "suspects" for a protracted period are illeagal and the issue needs to be addressed.
3

57Nomad,

california 08/04/2008 19:10:35
#2 Biker

The war is not 'illegal.' That's just more mindless sloganeering. The term is used by the media because of legal concerns. The armed forces don't us the word 'suspected.' The are enemy combatants and as long as hostilities remain the terrorists can sit in their little steel cages and they can sit there til they rot. We are not going to supply them with lawyers and we are not going to read them their Miranda rights. We will do what ever seems right to us.
4

Siroos,

UK 08/04/2008 21:16:40
#- 3 , 57 Nomad,
There is a mentality in the British culture which preaches " I am OK Jack ". It really means, as long as we are " OK " , the rest does not matter.

I guess some people still do not know the nature of a Terrorist and would like to protect the human rights of a Terrorist.
Even after 9/11 , Madrid bombing , Tube bombing - and many more in between and before - they are STILL napping. What will it take to wake this lot up? The answer is beyond me.
5

Heerlijk,

08/04/2008 21:40:34
Guys, you are brainwashed not only your childen. Where have you been when US in 80s sponsored Usama and put more oil on fire of islamic radicalism in Afghanistan? Rocky movie (the one about Afghanistan) is still popular.
You have been brainwashed about Miloshevich, about weapon of mass detruction in Irak, about Kosovo, about global warming. "We will do what ever seems right to us" - I would think twice first before doing - then western civilization would not be more and more hated and terrorised.
6

57Nomad,

california 09/04/2008 03:47:18
#5 Heerlijk

The H man said:

""We will do what ever seems right to us" - I would think twice first before doing - then western civilization would not be more and more hated and terrorised."


Sorry Mr. H. but you are completely mistaken on a couple of points. You quote my post regarding the phrase "we will do what ever seems right to us." Astonishingly, you seem to find fault with this notion. If you think that that proposition is wrong then you should agree that it's negation should be right. Lets take a look at that, "we will do what ever seems wrong to us." You've got yourself in something of a corner here, laddy.

As far as Western Civ being hated an terrorized, that's a little vague. By WC do you mean the WC as exemplified by the history of Europe or as a euphemism for the US or the US?UK alliance? Just curious, because it doesn't matter.

We already know why people don't like us. Envy, jealousy, and pride. It's perfectly natural. There is a reason those emotions have names. It's because they are universal. You can't fault human beings for being human. If you are top guy for, say, three hundred years, and you have carried the burden of shaping the world in such a way as to give hope to all, and paid the price in treasure and blood, you wouldn't be that enchanted with some big strapping guy dressed like a field hand with a sprig of wheat dangling from the corner of his mouth stepping in and saying, "thanks for the set up, I've got it now. You can have a seat."

7

A Clamper,

Edinburgh 27/05/2008 16:40:46
This article is irrelevant. President Obama will soon have "WMD searchers" out.

 

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