Iraqis may offer US deal to stay longer

text return false Digg h first . text delicious toolbar no width height return false del. BAGHDAD Iraq s government is prepared to offer the U. significantly draws down its troop presence. As part of the package the Iraqis want an end to the current U. mandated multinational forces mission and also an end to all U. ordered restrictions on Iraq s sovereignty. Iraq has been living under some form of U. restriction since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the officials said. American troops and other foreign forces now operate in Iraq under a U. Security Council mandate which has been renewed annually since . Iraqi officials have said they want that next renewal which must be approved by the U. Security Council by the end of this year to be the last. The two senior Iraqi officials said Iraqi authorities had discussed the broad outlines of the proposal with U. military and diplomatic representatives. The Americans appeared generally favorable subject to negoti! ations on the details. in a political declaration last August and an end to the U. Iraqi officials foresee a long term presence of about U. troops down from the current figure of over . The Iraqi target date for a bilateral agreement on the new relationship would be July when the U. on security issues as a sovereign country so Iraqi could have relations with other states with sovereignty and interests. One official said the Iraqis expect objections from Iraq s neighbors. Iran and Syria will object because they oppose a U. presence in the region.

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