At the beginning of the week, the Iraqi cabinet approved a security pact with the U.S. — providing for complete American withdrawal by the end of 2011. Followers of anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protested the agreement, doubting that the U.S. will actually leave.
Raghida Dergham, columnist and senior diplomatic correspondent for Al Hayat, interprets the demonstrations against the agreement and considers the responses of surrounding countries.
Ivan Watson, a National Public Radio foreign correspondent, speaks to Martin Savidge from Baghdad about Friday’s protests.
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