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December 23, 2008

Iraq Delays Vote on Allowing Non-US Troops to Stay in Iraq
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The Iraqi Parliament has delayed a vote on a resolution to allow British
and other non-US forces to stay in the country beyond December 31, when
the UN mandate expires. If an interim resolution is not passed before
then, non-US troops would have no legal right to remain in Iraq. Britain
still has about 4,000 troops in Iraq. It plans to withdraw all but 400
of its troops from Iraq by the end of July.



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