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Gareth Porter reports in Informed Comment on Colin Kahl's trip to Iraq:

"3. Bush is so done out with al-Maliki's obstreperous stance on restrictions on US troops and his demand for a withdrawal timetable that he sharply warned al-Maliki that without a SOFA he would have to pull out US troops by Jan. 1, 2009. (US troops operating in Iraq with no agreed legal framework would be constantly open to murder and other serious legal charges)."

To Mr. Bush, our departure is a threat to the Iraqis.

And to the Iraqis?