At least 104 Iraqi parliament members want a US with-drawl timetable

[sabra]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6075245,00.html

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A group of lawmakers tried to take advantage of the unpopularity of U.S. troops among many Shiite and Sunni legislators to seek approval of a resolution setting a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign troops - which the mainstream Shiite-dominated government has so far refused to do.

Sponsored by supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and some Sunni Arabs, the resolution managed to gather 104 signatures in the 275-member parliament before was effectively shelved by being sent to a committee for review.

That committee will need at least six months to examine the resolution and present its findings to parliament. If and when approved, such a resolution would be binding on the government.

``We do not want another kitchen in which decisions are cooked away from the representatives of the people and away from the hearing of the Iraqi people,'' Falah al-Mishaal, the Shiite legislator who presented the resolution, complained before he walked out of the chamber.

[babylonsister]

1. I wonder if dimson will use this as his escape hatch?

Seems he's out of any other brilliant ideas to get out of Iraq and god forbid he listens to anyone with a viable withdrawal plan.:eyes:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. What do they think they have there? A democracy?

How dare they want the American military out of their country after all the wonderful peace and stability we've given them?