Al-Sadr Bloc Ends Boycott of Parliament [View All]

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Al-Sadr Bloc Ends Boycott of Parliament

Tuesday July 17, 2007 10:31 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) - Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr said Tuesday they are ending a nearly five-week
boycott of parliament sessions after officials accepted their
demands for rebuilding a Shiite shrine damaged by bombings.

Boycotts by the al-Sadr bloc and the main Sunni faction have
stalled work on major “benchmark” legislation demanded by
the United States.

Nassar al-Rubaie, head of the 30-member bloc, told The
Associated Press that “we have suspended our boycott as of
today after all our demands were met and the parliament
voted on them.”

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