Iraq Pact May Violate Constitution, Scholars Warn

Constitutional law scholars yesterday warned a congressional subcommittee that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq potentially runs afoul of the constitutions of both nations, and has urged the Bush Administration to rather seek an...

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Pentagon Officials Privately Condemn Iraq Pact

While the United States seems determined as a matter of policy to see to its Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Iraq passed by the Iraqi Parliament, even to the point of making direct threats of severe consequences if they refuse, privately some high ranking...

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Iraq Pact Spells End to Contractors’ Immunity

The US Departments of State and Defense have informed companies that provide the over 160,000 contractors employed in Iraq that the new Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), once it goes into effect, will strip them of the broad legal immunity for crimes that they now...

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Pakistan “Protests” US Drone Strike in Bannu

Updated 11/20 9:45 PM EST The Pakistani government has summoned US Ambassador Anne Patterson to lodge a formal protest over yesterday's US missile attack in Bannu District. The strike, which is reported to have killed six people, is just the latest in a long series of...

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Antiwar Groups Fear Hawkish Cabinet

As President-elect Barack Obama's national security team begins to take shape, there is increasing disquiet among antiwar activists that his appointees and rumored appointees have thus-far, without exception, favored the Iraq invasion and held hawkish foreign policy...

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Intel Panel Report to Predict Fading US Role

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) is expected to release a draft copy of a report titled "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" as soon as tomorrow. The report will predict a variety of changes to the global situation over the next 17 years, and predict an...

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IAEA, Iran in Silent Standoff Over Nuclear Probe

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports that Iran plans to start installing another 3,000 centrifuges for its uranium enrichment program, which would bring the total amount of centrifuges in operation or in the process of being put into operation to...

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