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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Iraqi Shiite clerics warn against US security pact By SAMEER N. YACOUB,Associated Press Writer AP - Saturday, November 8 BAGHDAD - Shiite clerics warned the government Friday not to sign a security pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq until 2012, as the prime minister studied what U.S. officials described as the final draft of the agreement. Parliament must approve the agreement by year's end when the U.N. mandate expires. Failure to approve the agreement or get the U.N. Security Council to issue a new mandate would force the U.S. to suspend operations in the country. Last month, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Cabinet proposed amendments to the pact, including a demand for expanded Iraqi legal authority over U.S. soldiers and the removal of language that could allow U.S. troops to stay past 2012. Iraq also asked for an explicit ban on the use of Iraqi soil for attacks against the country's neighbors, like last month's U.S. raid in Syria, and authority to search all U.S. military shipments into and out of Iraq. Washington sent its response to the proposals Thursday and said the next move belongs to Baghdad. Details of the U.S. response have not been released, but two senior Iraqi officials said the U.S. accepted some proposals and rejected others. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not supposed to discuss the agreement with media. Nevertheless, several influential Shiite clerics criticized the agreement during sermons Friday, the main Muslim day of worship, arguing that the deal serves U.S. interests more than those of Iraq. "We renew our total refusal of the security agreement and again we demand parliament and government not to sign it," Sheik Assad al-Nasiri told worshippers in Kufa, 100 miles south of the capital. In Baghdad's sprawling Shiite slum of Sadr City, Sheik Sattar al-Battat maintained the deal infringes on Iraqi sovereignty, and would threaten other countries in the region. Both preachers are followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iran-based cleric who has long opposed the U.S. military presence. Al-Sadr controls 30 of the 275 seats in parliament, and his bloc has announced it will vote against the agreement. But criticism also came from Sadralddin al-Qubanji, a member of the largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. The party has not taken a position on the agreement, and its support is critical if the agreement is to pass. "We are not happy with this agreement which is binding to one side that is Iraq and not binding to the other side that is the United States," al-Qubanji said. In Lebanon, the country's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who has a wide following among Iraqi Shiites, also warned against the deal. The self-styled leader of an Iraqi al-Qaida front group also called on President-elect Barack Obama and other Western leaders to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan. In a speech posted on the Internet, the purported leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, made the call "on behalf of my brothers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Chechnya," saying it's better "for you and us" to "withdraw your forces." The speech was reported Friday by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist Web sites. The U.S. military says al-Baghdadi simply provides a voice for al-Qaida propaganda. Al-Maliki has not briefed political leaders about the U.S. response but will do so after carefully studying the text, one official said on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to talk to the media about the agreement. The official said the Americans had accepted changes but "we didn't get everything we wanted." He would not elaborate. __ Associated Press correspondents Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad and Sam Ghattas in Beirut, Lebanon, contributed to this report. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Budget deficit swells after financial bailoutAP - 2 hours 27 minutes ago UN officials: Angolan troops fighting in CongoAP - 2 hours 30 minutes ago US government presses NY appeal on detainee photosAP - 2 hours 35 minutes ago Hurricane Paloma powers up on path to Caymans, CubaAFP - 2 hours 42 minutes ago Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun salesAP - 2 hours 43 minutes ago Most Popular – World Viewed IMF sees recession in advanced economies in 2009 Among Obama's next challenges: his own security US doctors tell Liu Xiang he needs surgery Obama discusses global financial crisis with world leaders Airline profits nosedive as leaders debate finance crisis View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology

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