http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/...cp0fbfjwg8KbIF

"The Iraqi government right now still does not have full rein of its sovereignty because of the thousands of foreign troops now on its land," Nadim al-Jaberi, an Iraqi Shiite lawmaker, told a House panel on Wednesday.

In a letter to Congress last week, some 31 Iraqi lawmakers — representing parties that constitute a majority in parliament — said they will insist on ratifying the agreement as is required by their country's constitution. They also pledged to reject any agreement that "is not linked to clear mechanisms" obligating U.S. troops to leave "with a declared timetable and without leaving behind any military bases, soldiers or hired fighters."

Was watching this on Cspan The interpreters were almost as hard to understand at the Iraq politicians The one speaking wants any decision to be made when Bush is gone as they hope someone enters office who has the Iraq people in mind and they will not stand for bases in Iraq..