Zebari said Baghdad wants more clarification in the status-of-forces agreement regarding the issue of jurisdiction.

CNN: Iraqi official: Security pact likely on hold until U.S. election

President George W. Bush has already signed off on the agreement, which sets legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops and contractors and lays out timetables for withdrawal of U.S. forces.

CNN: Iraq pact timeline calls for troops to leave by 2011, Pentagon says

But a section of the Status of Forces Agreement pertaining to Pentagon contractors says "primary jurisdiction falls to the government of Iraq, " the senior Defense department official said.

CNN: Iraq raid kills suspect in kidnap-slaying of GI

Iraq also will have the "primary right to exercise jurisdiction" over U.S. contractors and their employees under the agreement.

CNN: Iraq gives final OK to U.S. pullout plan

"In another place, jurisdiction would depend on the facts and circumstances, including the nature of an agreement with the resident sovereign over who exercises control, " Waxman said.

NPR: Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Arguments

He noted that the draft agreement calls for a joint commission to be formed to determine the jurisdiction, but Iraq wants that changed so such a case would be entirely under Iraqi jurisdiction.

CNN: Iraqi official: Security pact likely on hold until U.S. election

Iraq has the "primary right to exercise jurisdiction" over U.S. forces "for grave premeditated felonies, " the agreement says.

CNN: Iraq gives final OK to U.S. pullout plan

Iraq has the "primary right to exercise jurisdiction" over U.S. forces "for grave premeditated felonies, " the agreement reads.

CNN: U.S. troops to keep lower profile in Iraq