Iraqi PM: Parliament should cancel break

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AueHTn8.OdVEEv2IYRlQfGSs0NUE

Iraqi PM: Parliament should cancel break

By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 21, 3:46 PM ET

BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister urged parliament on Saturday to cancel or shorten its summer vacation to pass laws Washington considers crucial to Iraq's stability and the debate on how long U.S. forces should remain.

Parliament was scheduled to adjourn for all of August. American officials, however, began pressing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and parliament late last year to pass at least two laws viewed as a way to defuse the sectarian violence crippling Iraq: one on the distribution of oil and another on how to handle former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party.

Al-Maliki's office said he discussed parliament's failure to pass key legislation during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and presidential adviser Meghan O'Sullivan. There was no immediate report on the meeting from U.S. officials.

A statement by the Shiite prime minister's office said he "hoped that the parliament would cancel its summer vacation or limit it to (two weeks) to help the government solve the pending issues on top of which (are) the vacant ministerial posts."

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[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

1. Distribution of oil ? It's not about the oil is it ?

[MichiganVote]

2. Well we've moved our teasury to Iraq, our military, maybe we should import our politicians.

[Junkdrawer]

3. Translation: "Pass the Oil Law or we'll attack ourselves again and blame you"...

"And you remember what happened the last time we attacked ourselves, right?"