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Iraq cabinet approves legislation for foreign troop withdrawal

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Iraqi cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation that would require most non-US foreign troops to leave Iraq by mid-2009. The legislation must now be submitted to the Iraqi parliament for approval. A government spokesperson said that Iraq would retain the right to ask some countries to stay. Also on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that British troops will withdraw from Iraq by July 2009. US troops may remain in Iraq until 2011 under the recently approved Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The SOFA, which takes effect at the end of the year, also gives Iraqi courts limited jurisdiction over American military personnel and eliminates immunity for US defense contractors working within Iraq.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).