The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has obtained a draft U.S.-Iraqi agreement regarding what will happen next year after the current United Nations mandate for a multinational military presence in Iraq expires. The agreement is dated August 6th, 2008.
AFSC staff translated the agreement from its original Arabic into English, and it is now posted on the AFSC website. This is the first known public English translation of the agreeent.
The agreement includes some disturbing provisions:
• Withdrawal of combat troops only.
• Permanent U.S. military bases with troop presence indefinitely.
• Full immunity from arrest, detention, or legal accountability for actions by US troops and contractors inside and outside U.S. bases.
Our presence of Iraq has fueled an increased terrorist threat. And so we want to stay there indefinitely. Where is the logic in that?
Oh, wait, I get it: The logic is buried somewhere beneath all those oil fields.
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