Iraq, US locked in dispute over military handover...

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'BAGHDAD - Talks between the United States and Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq’s armed forces were deadlocked on Sunday, with Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki demanding more independence from the US military.

A day after the dispute forced an embarrassing delay of a signing ceremony in Baghdad, an Iraqi Defence Ministry source said disagreements remained over the wording of a document that outlines the new relationship between US-led occupying forces and Iraq’s new military.' http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2006/September/focusoniraq_September16.xml§ion=focusoniraq