As for how much of the 275-member parliament in Baghdad is against the pact depends on how much they are in the US pocket - like Maliki's Interior and Defense ministries. As much as US General Ray Odierno, the top commander in Iraq, has charged that Iran has been bribing parliamentarians to reject the pact, the reverse also applies.
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