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The video is believed to have been shot in July 2011 in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Five other Marines have already pleaded guilty.
Two more Marines — including the first officer to be implicated — have been charged in connection with a video that became public last year showing Marines urinating on the dead bodies of insurgents in Afghanistan, the Marine Corps said Friday.
The video, which showed four Marines in full combat gear urinating on the bodies of three dead men, set off protests across Afghanistan after it was published on YouTube early last year. Five other Marines, two of them sergeants, have already pleaded guilty in plea arrangements that brought light sentences.
The two Marines named in the new charges include the highest-ranked Marine so far implicated in the scandal, Capt. James V. Clement, now stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Va.
He faces an Article 32 hearing — similar to civilian preliminary hearing — on a raft of serious charges, including dereliction of duty, failing to properly supervise junior Marines, failing to stop the misconduct of junior Marines, failing to report misconduct and making false statements to military investigators.
Sgt. Robert W. Richards, who is now stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was charged with dereliction of duty, violation of a lawful general order and conduct prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the armed forces. Richards is alleged to have taken improper photographs that showed the mistreatment of human casualties.
Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, former commanding general of the Marines' Combat Development Command in southwest Afghanistan, will decide on their fates after their Article 32 proceedings, the Marine Corps said.
The incident is believed to have occurred in July 2011 in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, a significant center of Taliban activity and the scene of prolonged fighting between the Taliban and U.S.-led international forces.
The impact of the video rivaled that of the release of photographs showing alleged U.S. torture and human rights abuses against prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, U.S. officials said last month when some of the other Marines pleaded guilty.
"Events like Abu Ghraib and the torture that happened there at that prison certainly acted as a recruiting tool for al-Qaida," said Navy Capt. John Kirby, a spokesman for the Defense Department. "Certainly, we are concerned about any backlash that might occur."
Then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, "That kind of behavior is deplorable, and I condemn it."
No date was set for Clement's and Richards' hearings.
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Hey guys, I am sitting the GAMSAT for the first time on the 21st, and wanted to know if you have any advice or tips? So far I have downloaded the acer papers and gone through questions from section 1, but haven't achieved more than 40%! It's a bit disconcerting as there isn't long left- and I don't know how to improve.
I don't have money for online courses, but have been using revisegamsat site. My background knowledge in biology and chemistry is ok, and the prospect of writing essays is daunting though I can practice some more...the humanities? Really freaking me out.
All and any advice for the GAMSAT (particularly section 1) would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Hiya Lily,
I find reading newspapers and bbc news website helps my reasoning skills, also try to increase your vocabulary because I found that to be my biggest downfall!
Organic chemistry is a big one, also reaction kinetics and acid base stuff seems to come up alot!
My downfall is the physics...I ALWAYS get those questions wrong! I wish there was a syllabus!!
How are you getting on with the essay prep? I found following a set essay plan helps alot!
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Thanks! I will definitely keep on top of the news and try to expand my vocab in the time left. And chemistry wise, reaction kinetics I know I'm shoddy on so will brush up on that ASAP.
The essays are sort of a mixed bag for me- sometimes the topics don't seem too bad ('Punishment is as likely to harden and corrupt prisoners as it is to reform them..') and then I go online to see what others do, or the different topics that have come up... I read goldhawkgong's essay plan on 'big government vs small government' which caused a major rethink on both what and how I am writing.
I am also pretty tempted to leave the physics revision as bare basics- if I can score the marks on bio/chem, hopefully the 20% that comes from physics won't be too detrimental overall. I just don't see myself learning the whole of A-level physics in a few short weeks...
One more thing I wanted to ask was: do you have a set format on how you write your essays? I know each topic is different, but other than a quick 5 minute plan I am all over the shop! I would love to hear your thoughts, even if it's stating the obvious.
Totally with you on the syllabus thing- me thinks there is a market for 'GAMSAT for dummies'- complete with a syllabus. That is one book I would find a way to buy! You would think with the whole multiple choice thing, it wouldn't be so difficult to guess, but no. No such luck.
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My essay plan is as follows -
explain the argument, example of argument, exemplify argument
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if needed for the proposition, if not needed, start with opposition
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obviously this changes depending on the subject due to having more/less opinions on the area! lol
Ive just started a thread where we can review each others essays and whatnot - be great to see what you've done and hear your thoughts on mine! xx
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Oh, that looks lovely. Will try using something like that and see how I do. Is the thread under 'GAMSAT essay reviewing?' I'm heading over now! x
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The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq) was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. combat forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011.[1] The pact required criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and required a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that were not related to combat.[1] U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces would have been subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies would retain their immunity. If U.S. forces committed still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they would have been subjected to an undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certified the forces were off-duty.[2][3][1][4]
The agreement expired at midnight on December 31, 2011, even though the United States completed its final withdrawal of troops from Iraq on December 16, 2011. The symbolic ceremony in Baghdad officially "cased" (retired) the flag of U.S. forces in Iraq, according to army tradition.[5]
The Iraqi government also approved a Strategic Framework Agreement with the United States,[6] aimed at ensuring international cooperation including minority ethnicity, gender, and belief interests and other constitutional rights; threat deterrence; exchange students; education;[7] and cooperation in the areas of energy development, environmental hygiene, health care, information technology, communications, and law enforcement.[8]
Several groups of Iraqis protested the passing of the SOFA accord[9][10][11] as prolonging and legitimizing the occupation, and Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani expressed concerns with the ratified version.[12][13] Some other Iraqis expressed skepticism that the U.S. would completely end its presence by 2011. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had predicted that after 2011 he would have expected to see "perhaps several tens of thousands of American troops" as part of a residual force in Iraq.[14] Some Americans had discussed "loopholes"[15] and some Iraqis had said they believed parts of the pact remained a "mystery".[13]
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American-led Coalition forces participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq were initially subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of their parent states. After the handover of sovereign power to an Iraqi administration, Coalition forces in Iraq were nominally subject to Iraqi jurisdiction, and operated without any Status of Forces Agreement.[16] In theory, Iraqi Courts had the right to try Coalition forces for any alleged offenses, though this right was never exercised.[citation needed]
In an interview January 24, 2008, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated that work on a SOFA had barely been started. [17] On June 13, 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that negotiations with the United States on a long-term security pact were deadlocked because of concern the deal infringes Iraqi sovereignty. "We have reached an impasse because when we opened these negotiations we did not realize that the U.S. demands would so deeply affect Iraqi sovereignty and this is something we can never accept", he said in Amman, Jordan. "We cannot allow U.S. forces to have the right to jail Iraqis or assume, alone, the responsibility of fighting against terrorism", Maliki told Jordanian newspaper editors, according to a journalist present at the meeting.[18]
On July 1, 2008, Zebari said he briefed members of the Iraqi Parliament that U.S. contractors would no longer have immunity from Iraqi prosecution under negotiated terms of the long-term security pact. U.S. State Department officials could not be immediately reached for comment, but Iraqi member of parliament Mahmoud Othman said he attended the meeting and that Iraqi representatives were very pleased with the immunity agreement.[19]
On July 8, 2008, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani rejected the proposed agreement on the basis that it violates Iraqi sovereignty, following a meeting with Iraq National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie.[20] Rubaie, clarifying remarks by Maliki on July 7 that Iraq would accept a memorandum of understanding in lieu of a SOFA, stated "We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops".[21] Deputy speaker Khaled al-Attiyah also said on July 8 that the Iraqi parliament would insist on vetting any agreement with the United States and would likely veto the agreement if American troops were immune from Iraqi law: "Without doubt, if the two sides reach an agreement, this is between two countries, and according to the Iraqi constitution a national agreement must be agreed by parliament by a majority of two thirds".[22]
On October 16, 2008, after several more months of negotiations, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice briefed senior U.S. lawmakers on the draft SOFA, and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki prepared to circulate it with Iraq's Political National Security Council before going on to the Council of Ministers and the Iraqi parliament. Despite a compromise on the issue of jurisdiction over off-duty U.S. troops who commit crimes under Iraqi law, issues related to the timeline for U.S. withdrawal and Iraqi insistence on "absolute sovereignty" remained.[23]
Approval process[edit]
On 16 November 2008, Iraq's Cabinet approved the agreements; on 27 November, the Iraqi Parliament ratified them; on December 4, Iraq's presidential council approved the security pacts.[24]
Approval by Iraqi Cabinet[edit]
On November 16, 2008, Iraq's Cabinet approved the agreement, which cited the end of 2009 for the pull out of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities, and 2011 as the fixed deadline for removal of U.S. military presence in country. U.S. concessions involved a ban on U.S. forces searching and raiding homes without Iraqi approval, the right of Iraqis to search shipments of weapons and packages entering the country for U.S. recipients, and the right of Iraq's justice system to prosecute American troops for serious crimes under some circumstances. The vote was passed by 27 of the 37-member cabinet, of which nine members were absent and one opposing. The agreement then went before Parliament.[25] However, on November 19 the Iraqi Parliament was adjourned for a day after lawmakers loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shouted down the second reading of the agreement's text. Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani adjourned the session after Sadrist MP Ahmed al-Massoudi aggressively approached a lawmaker from the ruling coalition, who was reading aloud the text of the agreement.[26]
The Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported a mixed reaction among the Iraqi population at large to news of cabinet approval of the agreement. Residents of Sadr City in Baghdad, a stronghold of Muqtada al-Sadr, said they believed the agreement was signed too quickly,[27] while a broader 'vox pop' of Iraqis around the country said they thought the agreement would become a point of contention.[28]
The same day, Secretaries Gates and Rice held classified briefings for U.S. lawmakers behind closed doors, and neither official commented to reporters. Democratic Representative William Delahunt said: "There has been no meaningful consultation with Congress during the negotiations of this agreement and the American people for all intents and purposes have been completely left out". And Oona Hathaway, Professor Law at the University of California at Berkeley called the lack of consultation with United States Congress unprecedented, asserting that aspects of the accord exceed the independent constitutional powers of the President of the United States.[29]
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Iraq would not seek to extend the UN mandate of U.S. troops and they would pull out immediately if the Iraqi parliament failed to approve a pact.[30] Tariq al Hashimi, the country's Sunni Muslim vice president, complained the U.S. would cease providing many "wide-scale services" if Iraq did not approve the pact. Hashimi said many Iraqis looked "to this attitude as a matter of blackmailing".[31]
First signing of the agreement[edit]
On November 17, 2008, the Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker signed the agreement in an official ceremony.[32]
Ratification by Iraqi Parliament[edit]
On November 27, 2008, the Iraqi Parliament ratified a Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, establishing that U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011, but allowing for further negotiation if the Iraqi Prime Minister believes Iraq is not stable enough. The pact requires criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and requires a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that are not related to combat.[1] U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi criminal law. If U.S. forces commit still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they will be subject to the still undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certifies the forces were off-duty.[1][2][3][4] A referendum of Iraqis will be held in mid-2009 on the pact, which may require Coalition forces to leave by the middle of 2010.[33] Parliament also passed another U.S.-Iraqi bilateral pact called the Strategic Framework Agreement, aimed at ensuring minority Sunni interests and constitutional rights.[8]
In Iraq's Parliament, the pact was supported by 149 of 275 members (~54%) from SCIRI, Dawa, the two Kurdish parties and members of the Sunni-based Iraqi Accord Front.[34] The pact was opposed by 35 members, mostly from the Sadrist bloc.[35] 91 members did not vote, fearing for their future if they said yes, others fearing the same if they said no.[10]
Approval by Presidency Council[edit]
The Presidency Council of Iraq consists of one President and two deputies, or Vice-Presidents.[36] The Council currently consists of Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, Shi'a Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, and Sunni Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi. The Council must agree to all decisions unanimously.[36]
On December 4, 2008, Iraq's presidential council approved the security pact. "Nothing has been changed (in the accord)", presidency secretary Nasir al-Ani said after it was reviewed by the body. The council decision marks the final hurdle for the pact in terms of Iraqi government or legislative approval.[24]
Reaction to approval[edit]
United States[edit]
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Some anonymous U.S. officials and specialists who follow the war have argued they believe that parts of the agreement may be circumvented and that other parts may be open to interpretation, including: the parts giving Iraqi legal jurisdiction over United States soldiers who commit crimes off base and off duty, the part requiring for US troops to obtain Iraqi permission for all military operations, and the part banning the United States from staging attacks on other countries from Iraq.[37] For example, administration officials have argued that Iraqi prosecution of U.S. soldiers could take three years, by which time the U.S. will have withdrawn from Iraq under the terms of the agreement. In the interim, U.S. troops will remain under the jurisdiction of America's Uniform Code of Military Justice. Michael E. O'Hanlon, of the Brookings Institution research group, said there are "these areas that are not as clear cut as the Iraqis would like to think."[15]
U.S. President George W. Bush hailed the passing of the agreement between the two countries. "The Security Agreement addresses our presence, activities, and withdrawal from Iraq", Bush said. He continued that "two years ago, this day seemed unlikely—but the success of the surge and the courage of the Iraqi people set the conditions for these two agreements to be negotiated and approved by the Iraqi parliament".[38] NOTE: this link takes you to a link that no longer links to the actual documents.
Army planners have privately acknowledged they are examining projections that could see the number of Americans hovering between 30,000 and 50,000, but may be as high as 70,000, for a substantial time beyond 2011. Pentagon planners say those currently counted as combat troops could be "re-missioned" and that their efforts could be redefined as training and support for the Iraqis.[39] Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen has also said "three years is a long time. Conditions could change in that period of time".[40]
In a letter to U.S. military personnel about new rules of engagement, Gen. Ray Odierno said that U.S. forces would reduce their visibility but that this does not mean "any reduction in our fundamental ability to protect ourselves". Odierno wrote that U.S. forces would coordinate "operations with the approval of the GoI (Government of Iraq), and we will conduct all operations by, with, and through the Iraqi Security Forces. ... Despite some adjustments to the way we conduct operations, the agreement simply reinforces transitions that are already underway, and I want to emphasize that our overarching principles remain the same", he further wrote.[41]
General Raymond Odierno said that some U.S. forces would remain at local security stations as training and mentoring teams past the June 2009 deadline specified in the status of forces agreement. In contrast, Robert Gates estimated U.S. troops will be "out of cities and populated areas" by June 30. "That's the point at which we will have turned over all 18 provinces to provincial Iraqi control", he predicted.[42] A spokesman for Odierno, Lt. Col. James Hutton, reiterated that the soldiers staying in cities would not be combat forces but rather "enablers," who would provide services such as medical care, air-traffic control and helicopter support that the Iraqis cannot perform themselves.[43] Odierno's comments sparked outrage among some Iraqi lawmakers who say the United States is paving the way for breaching the interim agreement.[44]
When asked by Charlie Rose in a PBS interview how big the American "residual" force would be in Iraq after 2011, Secretary of Defense Gates replied that although the mission would change, "my guess is that you're looking at perhaps several tens of thousands of American troops".[14]
To protest an agreement they saw as prolonging a "humiliating" occupation,[45] tens of thousands of Iraqis burned an effigy of George W. Bush in a central Baghdad square where U.S. troops and Iraqi citizens five years previously tore down of a statue of Saddam Hussein.[46] The Iraqi parliament was the scene of many protests before[47] and during the vote.[48]
After the deal passed, over 9,000 Iraqis gathered to protest in Baghdad's eastern suburb of Sadr City. Protesters burned a U.S. flag and held banners reading: "No, no to the agreement".[49] "We condemn the agreement and we reject it, just as we condemn all injustice", Sheikh Hassan al-Husseini told worshippers right after the vote at the weekly Friday prayers in Baghdad. [50] Iraqi theologian, political, and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr called for three days of peaceful protests and mourning after the passing of the agreement.[9] Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani's expressed concerns with the ratified version of the pact and noted that the government of Iraq has no authority to control the transfer of US forces into and out of Iraq, no control of shipments, and that the pact grants US troops immunity from prosecution in Iraqi courts. He said that Iraqi rule in the country is not complete while the US troops are present, but that ultimately the Iraqi people would judge the pact in a referendum.[12] Sistani considers parts of the agreement "a mystery" and said that the pact provides "no guarantee" that Iraq would regain sovereignty.[13]
On December 3, 2008, about 2,000 Iraqi refugees in Syria staged a protest against the Iraq–U.S. military pact saying that the agreement would place Iraq under US domination. "We denounce the security agreement, a shameful and dishonorable agreement of American occupation", read one banner outside a shop in the mostly Shiite neighborhood where the protest occurred.[11] The Association of Muslim Scholars, a group of Sunni religious leaders in Iraq, accused the Iraqi Accord Front, a party which supported the pact, of "selling Iraq"[10] and also denounced the deal as "legitimising the occupation".[51]
Some other Iraqis expressed skeptical optimism that the United States would completely withdraw troops in three years.[52]
Most foreign troops which were part of the force in Iraq were scheduled to leave by December 31, 2008, with forces from Azerbaijan,[53] Poland,[53] Macedonia,[53] Japan,[54] Bosnia,[53] South Korea,[53] and Georgia[53] leaving. The Iraqi and British governments were negotiating a security agreement reportedly similar to the Iraq-U.S. status of forces agreement. The possibly-informal pact expected the role of British troops to be minimal by the end of 2009. With the British and American military, a small force from two or three other countries was expected to remain.[53]
Before the pact's approval by the Iraqi parliament, senior Iranian lawmaker Kazem Jalali said: "The Iraqi Parliament should take the interests of the people of Iraq into consideration and make the right decision, worthy of its nation".[55] Iranian judiciary chief Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said, "The Iraqi government has done very well regarding this (security pact)".[56]
According to Syrian officials and academics, the pact posed a risk to Syria's security. "The American presence in Iraq, whether permanent or temporary, threatens Syrian security", said Syrian vice-president Farouq al-Shara. President Bashar al-Assad said that the deal would turn "Iraq into a launch pad for attacking its neighbours instead of supporting them". "The continued US presence in the region, with what Newsweek magazine says is the largest embassy in the world [in Baghdad], means ... it will interfere in all of the region's affairs", said Syrian political analyst Jasim Zakariya. Syria alleged that the United States carried out an air strike in September 2008 on a Syrian village, killing eight civilians.[57]
Role of Contractors under SOFA[edit]
U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces will be subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies may retain their immunity. "The immunity question, the largest question being talked about, is not addressed in the ... agreement", said Alan Chvotkin, who works on behalf of contractors, including Moyock, N.C.-based Blackwater Worldwide. Chvotkin said he believed Blackwater's guards still have immunity under Decree 17 issued by L. Paul Bremer. Blackwater currently has no license to work in Iraq.[58]
December 14, 2008 press conference[edit]
On December 14, 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush signed the security pact with Iraq. In his fourth and final trip to Iraq, the president appeared with Iraq's prime minister and said more work is to be done.[59] During the press conference discussing the signing of the pact[60] with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in his palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone, President Bush dodged two shoes thrown at him from the audience. The man who threw his shoes, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist with Egypt-based al-Baghdadia television network, could be heard yelling in Arabic: "This is a farewell ... you dog!" as he threw his first shoe, and when throwing his second shoe al-Zaidi could be heard yelling: "This is for the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!"[61] While pinned on the ground by security personnel, he screamed: "You killed the Iraqis!"[62] As the man's screaming could be heard outside, Bush said "That's what people do in a free society, draw attention to themselves."
Two New York Times reporters described al-Zaidi as having been "embraced around the Arab world".[63] Al-Zaidi found support from thousands of protesters in Iraq and his employer. A statement released by Al-Baghdadia television said, "Al-Baghdadia television demands that the Iraqi authorities immediately release their stringer Muntadhar al-Zaidi, in line with the democracy and freedom of expression that the American authorities promised the Iraqi people".[64] The "vast majority" of viewers of al-Baghdadia TV who telephoned to the station in order to express their opinions said that they approved al-Zaidi's actions.[52]
The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki called the shoe throwing "a shameful savage act" and demanded a public apology from Al Baghdadia. "The act damaged the reputation of the Iraqi journalists and journalism in general," a statement said.[52] [65]
SOFA negotiations[edit]
Negotiations between the U.S. and Iraq for a new SOFA began in fall 2010. There were late-night meetings at the fortified compound of then Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, and in video conferences between Baghdad and Washington. In June 2011, diplomats and Iraqi officials said that President Obama had told Prime Minister Maliki that he was prepared to leave up to 10,000 soldiers to continue training and equipping the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Mr. Maliki agreed, but said he needed time to line up political allies. Eventually, he gained authorization to continue talks with the U.S. on keeping troops in Iraq.[66] The Iraqi parliament returned from a recess in late November 2011 (shortly before the year-end withdrawal date) because of a concern that remaining U.S. troops would not be granted immunity by Iraqi courts. American field commanders were concerned about the Sadrist response if the troops remained and about Iraqi readiness for a transfer of power.[67]
In August 2011, after debates between the Pentagon, the State Department and the White House, the U.S. settled on the 3,000 to 5,000 troop number. An American official said intelligence assessments stated that Iraq was not at great risk of slipping into chaos in the absence of American forces, which was a factor in the decision.[66]
In October 2011, American officials pressed Iraqi leadership to meet again at President Talabani's compound to discuss the issue. This time the U.S. asked Iraq to take a stand on the question of immunity for troops, hoping to remove what had always been the biggest challenge. However, they misread Iraqi politics and the Iraqi public. Having watched the Arab Spring sweep across the region and still haunted by the traumas of this and previous wars, the Iraqis were unwilling to accept anything that infringed on their sovereignty.[66]
Iraqi leadership picked up on that sentiment quickly. As a result, they publicly said they would not support legal immunity for any American troops. Some American officials have privately said that pushing for that meeting—in essence forcing the Iraqis to take a public stand on such a controversial matter before working out the politics of presenting it to their constituents and to Parliament—was a severe tactical mistake that ended any possibility of keeping American troops past December 2011.[66]
After the pull out was announced, White House aides said the U.S. would keep its embassy in Baghdad and two consulates. They also said there will be about 4,000–5,000 defense contractors.[68]
After 2011[edit]
U.S. officials said in May 2017, when the defeat of ISIL seemed imminent, that negotiations on a deal with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had started "in earnest".[69]
In December 2019, in an official statement about a call with United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi referred to "supporting Companied Collation Forces" in the context of a continuation of collaboration against Daesh, to "persuade Daesh's remnant and Iraq stability."[70]
See also[edit]
- Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
- Council of Representatives of Iraq
- 2009 Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement referendum
- Iraq War
- Multinational force in Iraq
- Status of forces agreement
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On the other hand, Iraq had primary legal jurisdiction over off-duty soldiers and civilians who committed "major and premeditated crimes" outside of U.S. installations. These major crimes would have needed to be defined by a joint committee and the United States retained the right to determine whether or not its personnel were on- or off-duty. Iraq also maintained primary legal jurisdiction over contractors (and their employees) that had contracts with the United States.
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Los Angeles Times: In Iraq, transfer-of-power committees have yet to take shape
Committees assigned to deal with U.S.-led combat operations and jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel were among those that have not met even as Iraq moved toward sovereignty, U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters.
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External links[edit]
|Wikinews has related news: Iraqi journalist throws shoes at U.S. president George Bush
- Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA): What Is It, and How Might One Be Utilized In Iraq?
- Maliki and Bush: Conflicting priorities
- Security agreements mean Iraq occupation will continue to 2012 and beyond
- Iran Backs Referendum on US-Iraqi Security Pact
- Podcast: An Account of the Shoe-Throwing Incident
- Global Justice Project: Iraq
Provisional versions[edit]
- US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (13 August 2008)
- US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (17 November 2008)
- US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (27 November 2008)


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Pastor Jerry was born and raised in Michigan graduating from Manistique High School in 1972. After high school he spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard and in the summer of 1977 he began studying for the ministry at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. (Hear Pastor Jerry's testimony in Revelation Series Part 25—Saved by Grace.)
That fall he met and became engaged to Karen Horner from Indianapolis, Indiana; four months later, they married in February 1978. (In the sermon Parable of the Wedding Garment you can hear how they met.) Karen is an occupational therapist working in the Bradley County Schools in Tennessee.
Their daughter Hannah married Mickey Ortel; their son Jeremy married Laurel Towles and their youngest son Joshua married Amanda Hayes. They have six grandchildren.
Jerry has a BA in theology from Andrews University an MA in religion (homiletics and soul-winning) from Southern Adventist University and completed a Doctor of Ministry in Expository Preaching from Andrews University in 2008. His hobbies include reading, golfing, skeetshooting and cheering on the Colts. His greatest delight is spending time with Karen and their family.
Pastor Nate enjoys living in the reality of God's love and responding by making a difference in the lives around him. He is dedicated to being a loving husband to his amazing wife Kristina, and dad to their daughter, Ella.
He is passionate about creating healthy teams that are guiding the young people of the Greater-Chattanooga area towards flourishing in God's grace.
Some highlights of his past experience in leading youth and young adult ministries include eight summers on staff at Cohutta Springs Youth Camp (ask him how it changed his life), a year as an academy teacher on the island of Palau (ask him about the sharks), two years on the campus ministries team at Southern Adventist University (ask him about the red balloons), and three years as a youth pastor in Greeneville, TN (ask him about his new couch). Nate most recently served as a pastor in central Georgia (ask him about the armadillos).
He loves the outdoors, playing guitar, woodworking, drawing, eating Thai and Indian food, and reading a good book.
Pastor Nate earned a BA in theology from Southern Adventist University in 2010 and a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University in 2015.
Pastor of Church Life
Pastor Jim Lewellen, the youngest of five, was born in Mattoon, Illinois and raised in Casey, Illinois where he attended public high school. Jim graduated from Atlantic Union College with three bachelor degrees (Business Administration, Secondary Education and Religion), and has been employed with IBM, Greater New York Academy, Battle Creek Academy, Blue Mountain Academy, and Georgia-Cumberland Academy.
In June 1989 Jim married Natalie Czerkasij, a paralegal from New York. In 1998, while in Michigan, they had their daughter, Shelby, presently a nursing major at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. Natalie continues to operate a family business acquired in 2004.
Jim loves tennis, is an avid Chicago Bears fan, and enjoys cooking and baking for the fun of it. His favorite activity is doing anything with his family..
Pastor Stephanie Whitley-Ferguson was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia. She graduated High School from Georgia Cumberland Academy in 1988, completed her B.S. in Dental Hygiene degree in 1992 from Medical College of Georgia (now GRU) in Augusta, and worked as a dental hygienist until 2011 when she finally answered God's persistent call to ministry upon her life. In that year she moved to Berrien Springs, MI to attend Andrews University SDA Theological Seminary where she earned her M.Div degree in 2014.
During her time at seminary she served as an Associate Pastor of Highland Ave SDA church in Benton Harbor, MI, as the president of the Women's Clergy Network of Andrews University, and taught Religion and Health at Andrews Academy.
She's also earned 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education during an Internship at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Scottish Rite hospital in Atlanta, Georgia in 2009 and had the opportunity to work with the Breath of Life ministry during the "NY-13" evangelism initiative under the leadership of Dr. Carlton Byrd and Dr. Donnieval Walker at the North Bronx SDA church in Bronx, NY, May 2013.
Stephanie loves to write and has authored several published articles and in 2005 published her first book entitled The Sweetness of A Bitter Cup. She also enjoys hiking, camping, good laughs with family and friends, and cozy evenings at home with good movies, and good food.
She's the mother of two bright teenagers and just recently married Mr. Tony Ferguson, Captain of a Fire Dept. in Atlanta, Ga. Together Stephanie & Tony love football, music, travelling, exploring new places & things, being with family, quiet evenings at home…and pretty much whatever they can do together!
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However, after reading another post over at Bruce Prescott's Mainstream Baptist blog railing against homeschoolers and everything Evangelical when it comes to education (and basically anything else), I have decided to offer 5 reasons why, if right now I had children, I would no doubt homeschool them. In order to get some of what I am going to say, you might want to read Bruce's article, as well as the one posted by Ethics Daily by Ed Hogan on Christians pulling their children out of the public schools. So here goes:
- I believe that the public schools not only don't prevent segregation, they actually breeds it. This might sound strange to a few, so let me explain. First, in contrast to the cheap, tasteless, and immature shot Prescott takes at Evangelicals when he says, "Public Schools are the frontlines in the culture war that conservative Christians are waging in this country[; t]hey have been since the day that they were integrated," I believe that most, if not all, true Evangelicals are not only unopposed to integration, but want more of it in their lives, as well as in the lives of their children. The problem is, they aren't finding it when they walk through the doors of the school house. What they are getting is a set of cliques that are both racially and socio-economically segregated. Every day I see people shunned from one group only to respond with contempt to others desiring entrance into the group in which they eventually find themselves. I overheard a conversation yesterday between a Caucasian girl and a African-American female in which racial stereotypes were being heaped onto Hispanics. Last week I was accused of "hating black people" because I disciplined an African-American female in class, though just prior to that event I had disciplined a white male. Unfortunately integration hasn't worked well (despite enormous potential and the best of intentions), to all of our detriments. It has just spawned new arenas of opportunity for us to become more divided as a people. And the public schools are not at all helping to educate our children on the diversity of our culture, nor on the appropriate attitudes we should have in dealing with those with whom we are not similar.
- The public school system is self-destructing and rapidly becoming a barrier to our children's education. While Prescott charges that Christians are trying to destroy public education, the opposite is true: public education is trying to destroy our children. Every day I walk into schools where the level of discipline is non-existent. Take today, for instance. I saw a new level of disrespect for authority when I actually had a student take a swing at me when my back was turned. And while I, as well as the student, knew that he was not trying to make contact, it was pretty obvious to me that he was not in an environment that discouraged such activity, nor even attempted to address it as disrespectful. I have been in other schools where the students would cuss out their teachers in front of the class, only to have the teacher do nothing or simply walk away, afraid or unwilling to intervene. Even good solid students who care are unable to overcome these types of distractions and learn the material that they so desperately need to be successful in life. Taking children out of environments such as those is not killing the public schools, it is preserving the life of the next generation.
- The level of education in the public schools is severely inadequate in comparison to that of children who are homeschooled. Study after study shows that those who are homeschooled academically outperform those who are publicly educated on both standardized tests and in regards to future college achievements. And while Prescott, Hogan, and Blow focus on one or two poorly written textbooks for homeschooling, they completely ignore these numbers, as well as many more. These guys claim to be for education, yet they choose to focus on one misrepresentation in one textbook, all the while their children are statistically falling further and further behind those same homeschoolers they loathe. "Isn't it ironic, don't ya think? Yeah, I really do think."
- The public schools do not teach tolerance of views and few teachers care to offer both sides of the issue to their students. Hogan (and ultimately Prescott) suggests that homeschooling textbooks can be used to "[teach] our children to be intolerant of others who disagree with us politically," yet anyone who caught just two minutes of the tape that high school student Sean Allen produced of his geography teacher's madman-like rant on the American government should be much more worried about what is happening with those who are receiving our tax dollars to educate our children. And not to mention the fact that many biology teachers spread out all across this nation are not even allowed to offer any sort of critique on the outdated and sorely unscientific approach to the "origin of the species" currently holding sway over our nation's young minds.
- And finally, speaking of taxes, I actually believe that teaching my own children not only helps the public schools out economically by decreasing the burden of already jam-packed classrooms, but it also helps out the economy as a whole both though encouraging greater competition by raising the educational bar and through the positive impact that better educated children have on the nation in general. The idea that Prescott seems to suggest, which is that homeschoolers and private school educators want to use "tax dollars in the form of vouchers to subsidize the education of their children in their intolerance" is ludicrous. Take my tax dollars if you think it will save the dying public school systems, but don't accuse me of wanting to use government money "to indoctrinate [my] children in values that are opposed to the constitution." I don't want tax dollars spent on indoctrination either. So, if you are so for the separation of church and state and religious liberty, why not give tax breaks to those who homeschool and do private education, instead of vouchers and call it even? That way no one can say they subsidize indoctrination, because it's obvious it's not just coming from the Christian side.
My final point is this: the public schools are in a sad shape and instead of guys like Bruce Prescott, Ed Hogan, and Steve Blow telling everyone how much private Christian educators threaten to destroy the public schools, why don't they just admit this fact, along with the admission that private education is producing better educated kids, and start helping to effect change in the schools by trumpeting these facts and pressing public teachers, administrators, and superintendents to raise the level of the classroom by instituting discipline on both the children and their teachers? They are right to say that public schools are being destroyed, they just missed the boat on who is causing the devastation.


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Sponsored by the San Antonio Water System (SAWS), WaterSaver Lane is an exhibit designed to inspire residents to create beautiful landscapes that conserve water. Located near the Auld House and the Old Fashioned Garden, WaterSaver Lane is a wonderful, appealing, and educational "neighborhood" at the Garden. It is a Charming cluster of miniature cottages, with colorful diminutive gardens whose blooms belie their thrifty ways with water. Each tiny cottage is a different architectural style, complemented by its own "front yard" or attractive well-adapted drought tolerant plants.
WaterSaver Garden and WaterSaver Lane Showcase Plants to Know and Grow
Looking for plants that grow best in San Antonio soils and are the most efficient water users? What is good for mulch? What kind of materials do you use for pathways that will still allow water to reach plants? Come and see! The San Antonio Botanical Garden's WaterSaver Garden is a co-operative project with the San Antonio Water System and a demonstration for home gardeners.
Located on approximately 1/3 acre at the top of the hill by the Lucile Halsell Conservatory, the WaterSaver Garden demonstrates practical home gardening techniques that are the most water friendly. Showcasing drip irrigation and "turf bubbler" watering techniques, samples of mulches and permeable paving surfaces, and plantings that perform well with San Antonio's climate and water requirements; the garden offers conservation solutions.
WaterSaver Lane features six cottages that demonstrate different types of drought-tolerant landscaping, including one showing what not to plant! Find a variety of landscapes that minimize lawn and include more groundcover, perennial flowerbeds and herbs, native and adapted plants, and patio space.
Flowers and Ferns >
Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) vine, sun or shade, evergreen foliage, yellow flowers in spring.
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) vine, sun, coral colored flowers in summer, attracts hummingbirds
Passionflower, Maypop (Passiflora sp.) vine to 6′, sun or shade, lavender flowers in late spring to summer, good nectar and butterfly larvae food
Water Clover Fern (Marsilia macropoda) almost evergreen groundcover capable of covering large areas, adapts well to dry land, part shade/sun, height 1 foot.
Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum) perennial, part shade to sun, white flowers blooming from spring to summer, height 1 foot
Bluebonnets (Lupines texensis) annual, sun, blooms in spring, height 1′, good butterfly larvae food, seeds can be sown fall through Thanksgiving, transplants can be planted from fall through Valentine's Day
Coreopsis (Coreopsis sp.) sun, yellow or orange flowers late spring and summer, attracts butterflies
Hinckley Columbine (Aquilegia hinckleyana) perennial, shade, yellow flowers in early spring, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, height 18″
Purple Coneflower (Echinaceae purpurea) perennial; part shade-sun; flowers rose, pink, white, or purple; in spring-summer attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds eat seeds; height 2′
Black-eyed Susan var. Goldstrum (Rudbeckia hirta) annual or short-lived perennial, part shade-sun, yellow flowers spring to summer, attracts butterflies
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) perennial, part shade-sun, orange flowers in summer, attracts butterflies, height1-3′
Mexican Milkweed (A. curassavica) two-toned red and orange flowers, nectar and butterfly larvae food. Milkweed is the sole source of Monarch butterfly larvae food
Maximillian Sunflowers (Helianthus maximiliani) perennial, sun, spectacular yellow blooms in fall, seed attracts birds, height 4-6′
Sunflowers (Helianthus sp.) annual, sun, available in many colors and various kinds, easy to grow and fun for kids, seed attracts birds
Autumn Sage (Salvia gregii) perennial, sun-partial shade, nearly evergreen, red, purple, pink, or white flowers spring to frost, attracts hummingbirds, height 3′
Indigo Spires (Salvia sp.) perennial, sun-partial shade, blue to indigo flowers spring to frost, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, height 4′
Mealy Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea) perennial; sun; blue, white, or purple flowers from spring to fall, height 3′
Gayfeather (Liatris sp.) perennial, sun or partial shade, purple flowers in late summer to early fall, attracts butterflies, height 1-2′
Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala) perennial, sun to partial shade, pink flowers spring to fall, attracts butterflies, height 2-3′
Shrubs >
Mistflower or White Boneset (Eupatorium havanense) part shade, fragrant white flowers in the fall, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, height 1-3′.
Yellow Bells (Tecoma stans) sun or part shade, yellow flowers from spring to fall, freezes to ground, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, height 3-6′.
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus drummondii) shade, red flowers from summer to fall, attracts hummingbirds, height 2-6′.
Evergreeen Sumac (Rhus virens) sun or part shade, evergreen foliage, white flowers in fall, red berries that attract birds, height 4-10′.
Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus Drummondii) large, thicket-forming shrub important to wildlife, height 20′.
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shade, purple fruit in fall and winter, berries attract birds, height 3'+.
Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata) part shade-sun, yellow spring flowers, red fruit which is eaten by birds ripen in early summer, height 3-6′.
Lantana (Lantana sp.) sun to partial shade, many colors, flowers from spring to frost, attracts butterflies, bird eat berries, 2-5′.
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) sun or shade, fine textured evergreen foliage, red or orange berries in fall and winter eaten by birds.
Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens) sun to part shade; purple, pink, or white flowers appear at any time especially after a rain; evergreen, nectar and butterfly larvae food plant, height is approximately 4-8′.
Carolina Buckthorn (Rhamnus caroliniana) part shade to sun, fruit ripens in fall and is devoured by birds, height 12-15′
Trees >
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) reasonably fast growing tree, most widely adaptive oak in the world, has large acorns, height to 150′
Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) dark green leaves, deciduous, height to 60′
Texas Red Oak (Quercus texana) outstanding fall color, height to 35′ Uvalde Maple or Bigtooth
Maple (Acer grandidentatum) part shade to sun, brilliant fall color, seeds are an important food source for wildlife, height to 50′
Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) sun, fast growing, lives 30-50 years, aromatic blue-green foliage, provides cover for birds and wildlife, height to 30′.
Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) small tree, shade, red or yellow flowers in spring attract hummingbirds, height10-20′
Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) small tree or large shrub, sun to part shade, pink flowers in spring attract butterflies, yellow fall color, height 8-15′
Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum) part shade to sun, white flowers in spring, fruit ripens in the fall and is a big favorite of birds, outstanding fall foliage
Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana) ornamental tree, part shade-sun, fragrant white flowers in early spring attract butterflies, 15′
Grasses >
Sideoats Gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula) sun, attractive seeds form on one side of stems, state grass of Texas, attracts birds and butterflies,height 2-3′.
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) part shade to sun, attractive fall color, attracts birds and butterflies, height 3′
Muhly Grass (Muehlenbergia lindheimeri) sun, attractive plumes late summer to fall, height 3-4′.
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) sun, attractive golden plumes late summer to fall, height 3′


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2013 World of Pinot Noir Seminar – Alcohol & Balance Redux
A couple of years ago, the 2011 World of Pinot Noir presented a seminar on alcohol and balance, with a goal of panelist discussion to determine if alcohol and balance were mutually exclusive, or if one affected the other – adversely or otherwise. It was a hot-button topic among consumers and in the media at the time, where two separate camps of people had very decided opinions about the answer. The panel conversation was spirited, and the seminar turned out to be fascinating on several levels – not the least of which was because one of the panelists pulled a prank on another regarding the actual alcohol level of a specific wine. The rest, as they say, is history.
So, can lightning strike twice in the same place? And, what hath two years wrought to the discussion? Join us as we hear the impressions and opinions on the matter from Jim Clendenen (Au Bon Climat), Joe Davis (Arcadian), Wells Guthrie (Copain), Adam Lee (Siduri), and Greg Brewer (Brewer-Clifton), with author and writer Karen MacNeil (The Wine Bible) moderating.
For more info:
World of Pinot Noir: www.worldofpinotnoir.com/
Original 2011 Seminar – Alcohol and Balance www.graperadio.com
Au Bob Climat Winery: www.aubonclimat.com
Arcadian Winery: www.arcadianwinery.com
Copain Wines: www.copainwines.com
Siduri: siduri.com
Brewer-Clifton: www.brewerclifton.com
Karen MacNeil: www.karenmacneil.com/the-wine-bible/
Sponsor: Millesima, Fine Wine Merchants: www.millesima-usa.com
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