Most of the foreign troops that were part of the troops in Iraq were to leave Azerbaijan until 31 December 2008 with troops from Azerbaijan[53] Poland[53] Macedonia,[53] Japan,[54] Bosnia,[53] South Korea[53] and Georgia. The Iraqi and British governments are said to have negotiated a security agreement similar to Iraq and the United States. Status of the armed forces agreement. The pact, which could be informal, expected the role of British troops to be minimal by the end of 2009. With the British and American military, a small force of two or three other countries should remain. [53] The security agreement governs our security relations with Iraq and governs the presence, activities and eventual withdrawal from Iraq. This agreement provides vital protection to U.S. troops and provides operational services to our armed forces so that we can help maintain positive security trends while continuing to play a supporting role. General Raymond Odierno said some U.S. forces would remain at local security posts, as training and tutoring teams would be on duty in June 2009 beyond the deadline set in the Agreement on the Status of the Armed Forces.
By contrast, Gates estimated that by June 30, U.S. troops will be “coming from cities and populated areas.” “That`s where we`ll have handed over the 18 provinces of the Iraqi province,” he predicted. [42] A spokesman for Odierno, Lieutenant-Colonel James Hutton, said that the soldiers in the cities were not combat troops, but “enablers” who would provide services such as medical care, air traffic control and helicopter assistance that the Iraqis cannot carry out themselves. [43] Odierno`s statements have sparked outrage from some Iraqi lawmakers who say the United States is paving the way for a violation of the interim agreement. [44] In protest at an agreement they saw as extending a “humiliating” occupation,[45] tens of thousands of Iraqis burned an image of George W. Bush in a central Square in Baghdad, where American troops and Iraqi citizens had shot down a statue of Saddam Hussein five years earlier. [46] The Iraqi Parliament was the scene of numerous protests before[47] and during the vote. [48] On November 17, 2008, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker signed the agreement at an official ceremony.
[32] U.S.-led coalition forces, which participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, were first subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of their parent states. After the transfer of sovereign power to an Iraqi government, coalition forces in Iraq were nominally subject to Iraqi jurisdiction and worked without the status agreements of the forces. [16] In theory, the Iraqi courts had the right to bring coalition forces to justice for alleged crimes, although this right was never exercised. [Citation required] With regard to the security partnership, the two countries acknowledged that the United States would continue to reduce its Iraqi troops in the coming months and to discuss with the Iraqi government the status of the remaining armed forces, as the two countries focus on developing bilateral security relations on the basis of strong mutual interests. The United States reaffirmed that it would not seek or seek a permanent base or permanent military presence in Iraq, as previously agreed in the 2008 SFA, which provides that security cooperation will be conducted on the basis of mutual agreement. The Government of Iraq is committed to protecting the military personnel of the International Coalition and the Iraqi facilities they house, in accordance with international law and the specific terms of their presence, which will be decided by both countries.