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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 16 > Iraqi leader, top cleric back 2011 exit by U.S.

Iraqi leader, top cleric back 2011 exit by U.S.

By Mary Beth Sheridan / The Bulletin
November 16, 2008

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister and its most influential Shiite cleric have decided to support a security agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in the country until the end of 2011, sharply increasing its chances of passage in the Iraqi parliament, officials said....

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