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| Iraq parliament backs US pullout | Iraq parliament backs US pullout |
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| The Iraqi parliament has voted to accept a deal on the future presence of US troops in the country. | The Iraqi parliament has voted to accept a deal on the future presence of US troops in the country. |
| The decision means US troops will leave Iraqi streets by the middle of next year and will leave Iraq entirely by the end of 2011. | The decision means US troops will leave Iraqi streets by the middle of next year and will leave Iraq entirely by the end of 2011. |
| The agreement is the result of a year of negotiations with the US, with the Iraqis requesting several changes. | The agreement is the result of a year of negotiations with the US, with the Iraqis requesting several changes. |
| It had been fiercely opposed by some groups and thousands of people have taken part in protests against it. | It had been fiercely opposed by some groups and thousands of people have taken part in protests against it. |
| Parliamentary speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said an "overwhelming majority" of lawmakers voted in favour of the deal, the Associated Press reports. | |
| The Iraqi government had hailed the parliamentary session as the prelude to the return of full sovereignty to the country. | The Iraqi government had hailed the parliamentary session as the prelude to the return of full sovereignty to the country. |