From Seper:
On Sunday, November 16, the Iraqi Cabinet approved an agreement with the United States allowing military presence through 2011. The United Nations had an agreement with the United States enabling the military to stay in Iraq only until December 31, 2008. According to this new agreement between the US and Iraq, the military can legally stay in Iraq beginning on January 1, 2009 all the way through 2011. The pact still has to go through Parliament, but many believe that with the 28-1 approval from the Cabinet, it will be approved. Still, the pact has received much negative attention from Shiite leader Moktada al-Sadr who has openly expressed his disapproval of the pact and has been quoted as saying, "I repeat my demand to the occupier to leave our land without keeping bases or signing agreements...If they keep bases, then I would support honorable resistance." However, many officials in Iraq support this new agreement because there has been no other alternatives given to the issue of what to do once the United Nations agreement expires at the end of the year.
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