PressTV
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:58 UTC
"Nothing is guaranteed about the US style of work inside and outside the Iraqi cities. It is a disaster for the Iraqis," Al-Obeidi said in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday morning.
The Iraqi parliamentarian said that and the Parliament will discuss whether the agreement is acceptable or not because many of its items are 'not clear'.
"According to the law, we will discuss whether this agreement is acceptable or not," said Al-Obeidi.
The Iraqi lawmaker also added that the agreement does not specify how the Iraqis are to be treated during the period the US forces will stay in Iraq.
The spokesman of the Sadr movement made the remarks a day after, Iraq's largest Sunni bloc said it would not support the US-Iraq security pact, calling for a referendum on the deal.
The Iraqi government endorsed the controversial agreement on Sunday, but it should also win the.
The Iraqi cabinet, on Sunday, endorsed the deal which would allow US forces to stay three more years in the country after their UN mandate expires in December 2008.
The deal, which requires Parliament's approval before coming into force, would grant immunity from legal prosecution to US forces, if they commit a crime inside their bases or when on duty.
The controversial deal has sparked outrage among Iraqi political and religious leaders who view it as a pact against Iraq's sovereignty and national interests.






















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Comment: The US military has at least 10 large and permanent military bases in Iraq, and while those bases remain any talk of Iraqi sovereignty is laughable. Muqtada al-Sadr is quoted as saying: