Gates in Iraq to boost SOFA agreement

A weekly rit­ual that Zebari “expect­ing Sofa is com­pleted and very close to be signed”, although the Accor­dance Front revealed today that Gates visit to Iraq is to boost SOFA negotiations:

There is no doubt that Gates sur­prise visit to Iraq reflects that the agree­ment between Bagh­dad and Wash­ing­ton is in a crit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion and per­haps it reached a dead end.

Gates visit to Iraq and before him Con­doleezza Rice, to find a sat­is­fac­tory exit for both countries.

But the most inter­est­ing posi­tion, is this one issued by Ammar Al-Hakim to Aswat Al-Iraq saying:

We do not have a posi­tion from the secu­rity agree­ment but what we have are our national basics.

Shad­owy answer, reflects the Islamic Supreme Council’s dilemma, if they sup­port the agree­ment they will lose votes in the provin­cial elec­tion, if the oppose the agree­ment they will lose heav­ily in the government.