Mowaffak Baqer al-Rubaie, National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in an interview with al-Arabiya television, says “[P]ermanent forces or bases in Iraq for any foreign forces is a red line that cannot be accepted by any nationalist Iraqi.”

       [restored 6/2/2004]

Subsequent Events:

12/11/2007                  10/18/2008

References:

Triple Car Bombings Kill Dozens in Southern Iraq : NPR
www.npr.org/2007/12/12/17171230/triple-car-bombings-kill-dozens-in-southern-iraq

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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