Monday, December 1, 2008
News Bush withholding English translation of Iraq agreement
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:36 PM
The terms on which 150,000 American troops will remain in Iraq are none of your business.
The Bush Administration has yet to release an English version of the Status of Forces Agreement approved last week by Iraq's parliament.
But three officials in Washington said the administration of US President George W. Bush has withheld the official English translation of the agreement to suppress a public dispute with the Iraqis until after the parliamentary vote.
McClatchy's Baghdad Bureau has
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