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Thread #97835 Message #1943695
Posted By: dianavan
21-Jan-07 - 07:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Maliki doesn't want more U.S. troops
Subject: RE: BS: Maliki doesn't want more U.S. troops
The largest bloc of the Iraqi parliament doesn't appear to want more U.S. troops, either. At least he thinks the new, "democratic government" of Iraq should have some say about it.
"The Sadrist bloc, the largest in the Iraqi parliament, ended their almost two-month boycott of the government on Sunday. The group boycotted the government following a bombing that killed more than 200 people in Sadr City.
One of the Sadrist politicians' top demands was a timetable for a withdrawal of American troops, a handover of security to the Iraqi government and a promise not to agree to more U.S. troops without the consent of the parliament. They returned only after a committee was formed to discuss their demands and present them to the parliament, said Nassar al-Rubaie, head of the Sadrist bloc."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/16514606.htm