REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that American troops must be given protection from prosecution as part of any agreement to keep them in Iraq beyond the end of the year and that protection must be approved by Iraq’s parliament. Tuesday’s comments by Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen could make it more difficult for the troops to stay here. Mullen and other U.S. officials have been pushing Iraq to decide whether they would like additional American forces to stay in the country past their Dec. 31 departure date, and the immunity issue has been one of the key sticking points. “An agreement which would include privileges and…
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