MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) 18 November 2008
Russia is not satisfied with U.S. political guarantees on missile defense, the foreign minister said Tuesday …
As regards hypothetical political guarantees – they have been given to us repeatedly – on NATO non-expansion, on the issue of deploying significant armed forces on the territory of new NATO members, and on non-establishment of military bases …
“Arising out of the oral evidence given to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on 21 October 2008 by Lindis Percy (Coordinator with Laila Packer of CAAB), we are grateful for the opportunity to submit further examples and concerns on this issue of ‘policing and protest’.” …
CAAB further submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (pdf file)
Dan Froomkin Washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2008
… “‘The total withdrawal will be completed by December 31, 2011. This is not governed by circumstances on the ground,’ the spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told Iraqi reporters, pointedly rejecting the more conditional language that the U.S. government had sought in the accord.” ….
… “there is no doubt that the accord, if passed by parliament, would sharply reduce the U.S. military’s power in Iraq. American soldiers would be required to seek warrants from Iraqi courts to execute arrests, and to hand over suspects to Iraqi authorities. U.S. troops would have to leave combat outposts in Iraqi cities by mid-2009, withdrawing to bases. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/11/17/BL2008111701579.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
