US military chief warns Iraq on security deal

-Agence France-Presse

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT – US military chief Michael Mullen bluntly warned Iraq on Tuesday that it risked security losses of "significant consequence" unless it approves an agreement on a legal basis for US forces there.

Admiral Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also charged that Iran was working hard to scuttle passage of the so-called Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA.

"We are clearly running out of time," said Mullen.

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