IAF leader says referendum clause in SOFA “significant achievement”

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi Accord Front (IAF) leader on Saturday described the addition of a referendum clause to the U.S. security agreement, approved by the Parliament on Thursday, as a “significant achievement.” “We, parliamentarians, did not have the opportunity to make amendments to the agreement. Therefore, we have gone to great lengths to make the best of it,” Abdelkareem al-Samarraie told IraqiNews.com. On Thursday, the Iraqi Parliament approved the security pact with the United States, also known as the Status-of-Forces Agreement (SOFA), with a majority of 149 votes to 35. SS (P) 1