Al-Maliki says security pact in US, Iraqi interest (AP)

Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Prime Minister, arrives at a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the 2003 assassination of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a leading opponent of Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Al-Maliki told The Associated Press in an interview Monday Sept. 29, 2008 that his government is offering a compromise to reach a security accord with the United States this year because American troops are still needed in spite of the drop in violence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that the government is ready to compromise to reach a security accord with the United States because Iraq still needs American troops despite the drop in violence.

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