Wave pf terrorist attacks in Iraq

Eight people were killed and 14 wounded following an attack of a suicide car bomber against a municipality building in the Iraqi province of Diyala. Suicide attackers and car bombs struck other cities across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 50 people and wounding many more in what seemed to be a coordinated assault carried out by affiliates of al Qaeda.

Iraq's electricity minister to resign

Irregularities discovered in power contracts with two foreign companies made Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to ask electricity minister, Raad Shallal, to step down.

Moqtada Sadr, the radical Shiite leader in Iraq declared that all foreign forces in the country should be deemed oppressive and fight against them using military means must be accepted as legal.

Negotiations on the future of American solders in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. Gen. Lloyd Austin are expected to start negotiations on the future of the American solders in Iraq after the Iraqi negotiation team is set up. It is expected that some 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. troops may further stay there for two years beyond the American withdrawal.
Their role would be training domestic forces without involvement in military operations without Iraqi coordination. , an unnamed Iraqi source said. The U.S. soldiers would be stationed throughout Iraq, the source said. Negotiations will be held under the leadership of . Discussions have begun among the Iraqis about who will join their delegation.

The future of US troops in Iraq

On 02.08.2011 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received the political backing of Iraq's political leaders to negotiate with the United States over the future of the US troops in their country. Their stance is that U.S. troops should stay and train Iraqi forces beyond the year-end deadline given to the American soldiers to leave.