Iraq parliament engulfed in protests over US pact (AP)

An Iraqi man kisses a poster depicting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a demonstration in support of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - As opposition lawmakers shouted and pounded their desks in protest, Iraq’s parliament on Thursday resumed deliberating a proposed security agreement with the United States that would allow American forces to stay there three more years.

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