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Crocker: No secret plan in Iraq

questions

1. What is the US trying to reach in Iraq? a security deal
2. When did they hope to reach a deal? by July
3. How did the Iraqi officials feel about this? they say the talks are in the early stages
4. Who said a secret deal had been negotiated? a UK newspaper
5. What did the ambassador deny? that the US were seeking permanent military bases in Iraq
6. What ‘secret’ things did he refute in his speech? provisions, attachments, protocols or whatever
7. How did he describe the process? as being transparent
8. What haven’t they taken ‘off the table’? another round of talks with Iran
9. What would they need to consider? circumstances and objectives
10. When did US and Iraqi officials begin talks? in March