Now and then I hear news about an Iraqi/US Security Agreement. What the heck is this? It sounds like a treaty but it isn't because it isn't going through Congress. Is this legal? Can Obama cancel it once he gets into office?

Thousands of supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in the streets of Baghdad Friday to protest plans for a long-term U.S.-Iraq security agreement.

The protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood and other cities across Iraq.

Sadr called Tuesday for protests against a possible agreement that could lead to an extended U.S. troop presence in Iraq. He said supporters should hold weekly demonstrations until Iraq's government cancels the negotiations with the United States.

The agreement would replace the current United Nations mandate for U.S. troops in Iraq, which expires at the end of this year. LINK

A proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that would set the conditions for a defense alliance and long-term U.S. troop presence appears increasingly in trouble. Some Iraqi politicians are denouncing what they say are U.S. demands to maintain nearly 60 bases in their country indefinitely. "The Americans are making demands that would lead to the colonization of Iraq," said Sami al-Askary, a senior Shiite politician on parliament's foreign relations committee who is close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But David Satterfield, the State Department's top adviser on Iraq, expressed confidence Tuesday that Washington and Baghdad will complete the long-term security pact on time next month. LINK