Iraqi parliament adjourns in blow to Bush

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pulling no punches with that headline!




http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/ts_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=Ao8cxT24Ot5uw.zLoX.ogwGs0NUE
Iraqi parliament adjourns in blow to Bush

By Mariam Karouny 13 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament went into summer recess for a month on Monday after political leaders failed to agree on a series of laws that Washington sees as crucial to stabilizing the country.


Lawmakers said the government had yet to present them with any of the laws. The parliament had earlier signaled its intention to go into recess in August after cutting short its summer break that normally starts in July.

"We do not have anything to discuss in the parliament, no laws or constitutional amendments, nothing from the government. Differences between the political factions have delayed the laws," Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman told Reuters.

The parliament is due to reconvene on September 4, just two weeks before the top U.S. general in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and Washington's envoy to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, are due to report to Congress on the success of U.S. President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy and make recommendations.

The recess leaves Bush with little to show Americans after sending nearly 30,

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1. Goddamit -- I thought somebody finally blew *!!

I figured we could finally get rid of him.

[tabasco]

2. The American puppet govt. can take a vacation but our soldiers can't.

I can't believe how fucked up things have become in seven years.

Thanks, republican voters.

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3. vacations

Long vacations are for the Decider only.