THIS TAKES THE CAKE!: IRAQ WANTS TO RESTRICT U.S. TROOP MOVEMENTS

It is not bad enough that Iraq can't get their act together with their two-bit government, but now they are dictating what the United States military can and cannot do in their country.

The moguls who run the U.S. puppet government in Iraq have issued a decree saying they want the U.S. military to report to the Iraqi government any troop movements before they are made.

Considering the Iraqi government is infiltrated with all kinds of radicals who can't stand the United States the idea of letting Iraq dictate U.S. troop movements is a prescription for disaster.

If the United States agrees to such an "order" from the Iraqi government, it would put every GI and Marine in Iraq right in the cross hairs of every insurgent and anti-American Iraqi in all of Iraq.

It would also be the first time a fledgling government told the United States military what is could do and not do.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE

Iraq says it wants to restrict movement of U.S. troops

By Michael Georgy 42 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080606/ts_nm/iraq_usa_military_dc

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Friday it would not grant U.S. troops freedom of movement for military operations in a new agreement being negotiated on extending the presence of American troops on its soil.

Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said the United States wanted its forces to operate without any restrictions, but this was not acceptable to Iraq.

The United States, which invaded Iraq in 2003 to oust Saddam Hussein, is negotiating an agreement with Iraq aimed at giving a legal basis for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after December 31, when their United Nations mandate expires.

The negotiations are the subject of heated debate both in United States and Iraq, where thousands have answered anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's call for weekly protests after Friday Muslim prayers.

While the Iraqi government has confirmed there are major differences between the two sides in the negotiations, few details of the sticking points have been made public.

"What I can confirm now, with no hesitation, is that there will not be freedom of movement for American (forces) in Iraq," Salih told Arabiya television.

U.S. officials said this week they would not comment on the content of the negotiations.
But Western diplomats say it is unlikely the Americans would agree to any deal that would require them to seek permission from the Iraqi government for every military operation.