More than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time
on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored
the story.
On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members
of Iraq's parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144
lawmakers signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to
set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for
the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition.
It's a hugely significant development. Lawmakers demanding an end to the
occupation now have the upper hand in the Iraqi legislature for the first time;
previous attempts at a similar resolution fell just short of the 138 votes
needed to pass (there are 275 members of the Iraqi parliament, but many have
fled the country's civil conflict, and at times it's been difficult to arrive
at a quorum).
Reached by phone in Baghdad on Tuesday, Al-Rubaie said that he would present
the petition, which is nonbinding, to the speaker of the Iraqi parliament and
demand that a binding measure be put to a vote. Under Iraqi law, the speaker
must present a resolution that's called for by a majority of lawmakers, but
there are significant loopholes and what will happen next is unclear.
The rest of the story is at http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/51624/. It's
well worth reading! Please forward to everyone you know. Thanks.
Hajja Romi
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