The last few weeks have seen a flurry of news stories on Iraqi political resistance to the “final” text of a U.S.-Iraqi status of forces agreement (“SOFA”).  Last week, the main storyline was that the Iraqi Parliament had better accept the agreed text or else, while the Iraqi Parliament gave every indication they would delay any decision till after U.S. and Iraqi elections.  This week the new … Continue reading The Not-So-Final U.S.-Iraq SOFA