Iraq Wants U.S. Troops, But With No Immunity

Photo: Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq Denies Legal Immunity To U.S. Troops After 2011 -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — Iraq's political leaders announced late Tuesday that they had agreed on the need to keep American military trainers in Iraq next year, but they declared that any remaining troops should not be granted immunity from Iraqi law, a point the United States has said would be a deal breaker.

The statement, issued as the political leaders emerged from a meeting in the presidential compound, sent mixed signals as United States officials and the Iraqi cabinet negotiate whether any troops will remain after the first of the year, when the forces are scheduled to depart. American officials were scrambling on Tuesday night to decipher the announcement.

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