Leila Fadel of McClatchy reports [1] that the US wants 58 permanent bases in Iraq and the power to determine if Iraq has been attacked. Iraqi lawmakers view this as a possible legal impetus for US forces to start a war with Iran and are apprehensive about being dragged in to the middle of it.
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[1] //www.mcclatchydc.com/251/v-print/story/40372.html