Iraq’s prime minister had said the Kurds were pursuing several unconstitutional policies, including the development of an oil business independent of Baghdad.

Suicide bombings at a police training academy in Baghdad and in Mosul recalled presurge levels of violence.

The number of civilian deaths last month was 148, compared with 118 in October and 156 in September.

A major question is whether the new pact permits the Iraqi government to prosecute Americans for past crimes, such as the shootings by private security guards.

A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up just inside the courtyard of a Shiite mosque in a town south of Baghdad on Friday.

Iraqis are still trying to absorb what the newly-ratified security agreement that sets a 2011 withdrawal of American troops will mean — for the country and their own futures.

The Iraqi Parliament ratified an agreement that sets out a three-year timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

The Iraqi Parliament ratified an agreement that sets out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

The Iraqi Parliament ratified a security agreement that sets out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

The agreement’s final passage has been delayed for at least 24 hours as Parliament negotiates over related political reforms.