Military prepares for impact of SOFA

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Military prepares for impact of SOFA
By Leo Shane III , Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, August 28, 2008

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq — Military officials here could close up this southern Baghdad base within 100 days if they need to.

They hope they don’t.

"That’s cutting it close," said Capt. Shannon Kelly, brigade engineer for the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry based at FOB Falcon. "There’s a lot of real property to be turned over to the government, military property to be moved. It’s really just a contingency plan."

But those plans could come under further scrutiny in coming months, as military officials prepare for the impact of the ongoing status of forces negotiations between U.S. and Iraqi government officials.

Earlier this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outlined a draft agreement between the two countries, one that could mandate all U.S. troops move out of Iraq’s major cities by June 30.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57038



uhc comment: I hope the Iraqis like the gym, basketball and baseball facilities.