New Agreement Would Let US Strike Any Country From Inside Iraq
Ya here that Mahmoud?
Gulf News
Baghdad: A proposed Iraqi-American security agreement will include permanent American bases in the country, and the right for the United States to strike, from within Iraqi territory, any country it considers a threat to its national security, Gulf News has learned.
Senior Iraqi military sources have told Gulf News that the long-term controversial agreement is likely to include three major items.
Under the agreement, Iraqi security institutions such as Defence, Interior and National Security ministries, as well as armament contracts, will be under American supervision for ten years.
The agreement is also likely to give American forces permanent military bases in the country, as well as the right to move against any country considered to be a threat against world stability or acting against Iraqi or American interests.
The military source added, “According to this agreement, the American forces will keep permanent military bases on Iraqi territory, and these will include Al Asad Military base in the Baghdadi area close to the Syrian border, Balad military base in northern Baghdad close to Iran, Habbaniyah base close to the town of Fallujah and the Ali Bin Abi Talib military base in the southern province of Nasiriyah close to the Iranian border.”
The sources confirmed that the American army is in the process of completing the building of the military facilities and runways for the permanent bases.
He added that the American air bases in Kirkuk and Mosul will be kept for no longer than three years. However, he said there were efforts by the Americans to include the Kirkuk base in the list of permanent bases.
The sources also said that a British brigade was expected to remain at the international airport in Basra for ten years as long as the American troops stayed in the permanent bases in Iraq.
Iraqi analysts said that the second item of the controversial agreement which permits American forces on Iraqi territories to launch military attacks against any country it considers a threat is addressed primarily to Iran and Syria.
Iran has raised serious concerns in the past few days over the Iraqi-American security agreement and followed it with issuing religious fatwas and called for demonstrations, mainly by the powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Al Sadr movement, who is close to Iran, against the agreement.
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98% sure that’s Al Asad in that pic. I hope this doesn’t mean permanant duty assignments to Iraq. That would blow.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:20 amNice. Fuck Assad, Fuck Imadinnerjacket.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:35 am..sadly the Gulf News is a full of shit publication, (I know, it used to be my local paper).
June 4th, 2008 at 9:40 amI’d rather the agreement included permanent oil supplies at $30 a barrel.
June 4th, 2008 at 9:46 amSweet, Now THAT was a big part of the strategy and reason for invading Iraq. It’s dead center of the sand box, and is better than having to get stupid OKs from worm butt european countries for fly overs. All the crazies are with in arms reach, after we get syria iran calmed down to do business in a “professional” manner, in the decade to come, could include a few more battles with moslem counties to bring this about, but it’s the only thing that will bring oil back down to 40 - 60 $$ a barrel… stability and some sanity in these basket case countries. Come to think of it the horn of africa needs to be straitened out because they will export their moslem insanity, this process has be going on and off for 1500 years or so seems like it has no end in site just lulls.
June 4th, 2008 at 10:16 amHell a permanent oil deal at 65.00 a barrel would do fine.
June 4th, 2008 at 10:17 amGregGS
Easy big fella. One step at a time
June 4th, 2008 at 10:57 amWJC…… Fine fine fine we’ll wait, on those monkey fucks in the horn of africa, for now.
But I’m a telling Ya! that’s the next Afghanistan. Or is it gonna be somewhere near Thailand? HEll! it could end up being Portland!
We seem to have some control over there, somalia area, I see every once in a while we send
June 4th, 2008 at 11:21 ama package from 50,000 ft. to “those we shall not speak of”.
HOLY SHIT BATMAN! ITS ON! IRAQ IS GONNA GIVE IRAN THE BIG FAT HAIRY MIDDLE FINGER
June 4th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Kilemal 
June 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm