Monday, March 06, 2006

Iraq’s New Parliament to Convene on March 12th

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani announced today... (after weeks of uncertainty, in country and the MSM,) that Iraq's First Official Democratically Elected Parliament will convene on this upcoming Sunday, March 12.
(Civil War my Butt!!!)
AubreyJ.........

Read more on topic:
>>> ABC NEWS International......
...Final election results were February 10 and the parliament was originally supposed to meet two weeks after that, on February 25. But the sectarian bloodshed that spiraled out of control after the February 22 bombing of the holy Shiite shrine in Samarra delayed that meeting...
Iraqi's First Democratically-Elected Parliament to Convene

>>> Bloomberg.com......

...The lawmakers will be tasked with immediately selecting a president and two deputies, an unidentified spokesman for Talabani said by telephone from the capital, Baghdad. The presidential council then has 15 days to choose a prime minister from parliament's largest bloc, according to the constitution...
Iraq's Talabani Says Country's New Parliament to Meet March 12

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