(Iraqi Accordance Front )Iraqi lawmaker resigns; blasts kill 21

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Sunni Arab leading a parliamentary committee reviewing new legislation resigned his post on Tuesday to protest a Shiite-sponsored federalism bill that he said would lead to further political instability and bloodshed.

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Iraqi Accordance Front lawmaker Dahfir al-Ani said he would no longer serve as head of the parliamentary committee on regions and provinces but would keep his seat in the 275-member legislature.

His decision deepened a crisis in the Sunni Arab community and the Accordance Front, the minority's largest political coalition and the group that brokered a compromise deal with Shiite and Kurdish groups to accept the legislation.

Al-Ani was temporarily replaced by Nada al-Sudani from the secular United Iraqi Alliance until the Accordance Front, which has 44-seats in parliament.

Another member of the Accordance Front accused his political bloc of carrying out an act of "treason" against the community by signing onto the legislation.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060924161043

[dubyaD40web]

1. comma

[VegasWolf]

2. I think coma describes Bush better!! nt