Tens of thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets recently to protest a proposed agreement with the Bush administration to permit the continued presence of U.S. troops.
U.S. officials and their Iraqi counterparts were caught off guard by the extent of public opposition to the status-of-forces agreement that would allow American troops to remain in Iraq though the end of 2011.
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Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chastised U.S. Gen. Ray Odierno for suggesting that Iran was bribing members of Iraq’s parliament to vote down the deal.
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