Wednesday 12 October 2011

Iraq Threatens To Break Military Ties With The U.S.


'We are securing trainers for the American weapons we purchased, but without immunity.' PHOTO: AFP/FILE

Iraq Threatens To Break Military Links With US -- Financial Times

Baghdad is threatening to break its military relations with Washington at the end of this year and use private contractors to train its armed forces, as the two sides struggle to agree on terms that would see a small number of American troops remain in Iraq next year.

The two sides have agreed in principle that several thousand US troops should stay in Iraq in a training capacity after the official end of the American mission at the end of the year, but they have become bogged down over whether to grant US troops immunity from prosecution if they commit crimes.
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