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Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a US Debacle

A US soldier on a rooftop during a sandstorm in Baghdad's Sadr City in April 2008. The White House on Tuesday said it was not surprised by difficulties in nailing down a security pact with Iraq, even as the war-torn country's cabinet called for changes to the planned agreement. (AFP/USAF-HO/Sgt Adrian Cadiz)

WASHINGTON - The final draft of the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces agreement on the U.S. military presence represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought, the final text reveals.

The final draft, dated Oct. 13, not only imposes unambiguous deadlines for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by 2011 but makes it extremely unlikely that a U.S. non-combat presence will be allowed to remain in Iraq for training and support purposes beyond the 2011 deadline for withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces.

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