Iraq expects reply on security deal after US elections

IRAQ expects Washington’s reply on proposed changes to a draft security agreement after the US elections, an aide to the prime minister said yesterday.

Yassin Majeed said the US will respond to Iraq’s amendments to the pact after Tuesday’s elections so the new president-elect can be informed of the status of the talks.

Since May, US and Iraqi officials have been trying to hammer out a new security agreement by the end of the year that would keep US troops in the country until 2011.