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:
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