Why al Sadr bloc boycotted parliament; Bush meeting? UN mandate allowing U.S. to stay in Iraq

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29233756.htm

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Faleh Shanshal, spokesman for Sadr bloc in parliament, told Reuters the bloc also made the move to oppose the extension of the U.N. mandate allowing U.S.-led forces to stay in Iraq through to the end of 2007. The U.N. Security Council approved the extension on Tuesday at the request of the Iraqi government.

"This was done without the Iraqi parliament's approval," Shanshal said, saying that Maliki had promised a debate in parliament on the extension.

"We will not return to parliament and the government unless the government responds to our request ... Although we are suspending our membership, we will go to parliament to raise this issue (the UN mandate). It is a violation of the law."

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1. Wait a minute

I don't understand how they can boycott and attend at the same time!!!!!