Iraqi government to `` request from the United States government to leave certain forces for training and for support purposes for the Iraqi forces . '' The governments have been trying to get a deal before December 31 , when a U.N. mandate authorizing the U.S. troop presence in Iraq expires . Iraq 's ruling Shiite parliamentary bloc said Sunday it needs more time before it can approve the draft . The United Iraqi Alliance bloc found several `` points '' in the draft that `` need more time for discussion , dialogue and amendments -LSB- to -RSB- some of its articles , '' according to the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq , the most powerful party in the bloc . It was unclear what specific `` points '' the parliamentary bloc was questioning . Thousands of people marched in central Baghdad on Saturday to protest the draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement . The political party of Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the rally . Watch marchers protest the agreement '' Baghdad had sought the power to arrest and try Americans accused of crimes that are not related to official military operations , plus jurisdiction over troops and contractors who
BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. troops or contractors who commit `` major and premeditated murders '' in Iraq while off-duty and outside U.S. facilities would fall under Iraqi jurisdiction , according to a copy of a draft U.S.-Iraq agreement obtained by CNN . Shiite demonstrators protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact Saturday in Baghdad . All other crimes -- including murders committed inside U.S. facilities or by on-duty forces -- would fall under American jurisdiction , according to the draft , which would govern U.S. troops ' presence in Iraq . The issue of whether U.S. troops would remain immune from Iraqi prosecution has been a sticky one for negotiators crafting the Status of Forces Agreement draft , which Iraqi lawmakers are reviewing . The United States had preferred its troops and contractors retain immunity . The draft also calls for U.S. combat troops to be out of Iraqi cities by July 30 , 2009 , and out of the country entirely by December 31 , 2011 . The agreement allows for an earlier withdrawal or an extension of the U.S. forces ' stay in Iraq , by agreement of both parties . It also allows the