Withdrawl from Iraq

I read an article today in the Star Tribune that was about how on sunday, Iraq's cabinet accepted a plan that would allow the U.S. forces in Iraq to stay there longer. Under the U.N.'s current mandate, U.S. troops will have to withdraw from iraqi cities by the end of June, and fully withdraw from iraq by december 31, 2011. Although the bill was passed by a large margin in the iraqi Cabinet, it is expected to face more opposistion from lawmakers in Praliment. Some of both Shiite and sunni lawmakers oppose the law and some would like it to go on a public referendum for the people to vote on. The lawmakers are being pressured to make the descision before they leave to attend a hajj in Saudi Arabia. It is still unclear whether or not the bill will be passed, and if it is not, the U.S. troops still have 3 years to withdraw before the country is one hundred percent under iraqi control.