Did anyone else see the MSNBC scroll that said "Largest Sunni Bloc

[Ghost in the Machine]

pulls out of Iraqi Government, undermining PM Maliki"... ??

I haven't heard anything else about it.. and can't find anything on google about it yet...

[Zodiak]

1. Heard about ti the other day

It's true...they have left....again.

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Thank you..

I don't watch much TV, and pretty much get most of my news from right here on DU and online. I hadn't seen anything posted about it here..

[brettdale]

2. Its been on the International News throughout the day

Along with the 70 people killed in Iraq thru four different car bombs, I guess the USA MSM forgot to mention it, along with the three US soldiers who died in Iraq.

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. Thanks..

I don't watch much TV at all. I just turned it on because someone said Keith Olbermann was doing a live report..

[librechik]

3. here you go--the goose is cooked.

http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Sunni_bloc_quits_Iraq_government.html?siteSect=143&sid=8069707&cKey=1185995258000

[Ghost in the Machine]

8. Thanks for the link...

did you see this part?

"This is probably the most serious political crisis we have faced since the passage of the constitution. If unresolved the implications are grave," the remaining deputy prime minister, Barhim Salih, a Kurd, told Reuters.

Maliki spoke to U.S. President George W. Bush by video link and reassured him "dialogue with our brothers in the Accordance Front will not stop" despite the boycott, Maliki's office said.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said after the call:

"The president emphasized that the Iraqi people and the American people need to see action, not just words ... on the political front," Snow told reporters in Washington.

The Iraqi government said 1,653 civilians were killed in July, a third more than the previous month, despite a fall in the number of deaths among U.S. troops."

[MADem]

12. They might as well just slice the joint up--Sunniland, Shialand, Kurdistan, and a small slice

for Turkey to shut them the hell up. It's over, absent a miracle. They're on holiday due to the heat, so they'll have to do some serious persuading during the vacation time:

The Sunni Accordance Front said its five cabinet members and Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie would resign from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government.

"This is probably the most serious political crisis we have faced since the passage of the constitution. If unresolved the implications are grave," the remaining deputy prime minister, Barhim Salih, a Kurd, told Reuters.

Maliki spoke to U.S. President George W. Bush by video link and reassured him "dialogue with our brothers in the Accordance Front will not stop" despite the boycott, Maliki's office said.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said after the call:
"The president emphasized that the Iraqi people and the American people need to see action, not just words ... on the political front," Snow told reporters in Washington.

The Iraqi government said 1,653 civilians were killed in July, a third more than the previous month, despite a fall in the number of deaths among U.S. troops.

[librechik]

4. The LA Times has it too

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq2aug02,0,7151779.story?coll=la-home-world

[alfredo]

6. they've done it before, so has the Sadr block.

[whistle]

7. Up the war cost to $20 trillion as Iraq becomes totally out of control

...that should bankrupt the U.S. easily by 2012:hide: :yoiks:

[lonestarnot]

10. ack!

[rodeodance]

11. I think it was in LBN just this am.

[johnfunk]

13. Yep, multiple stories (AP, LA Times, AFP) -- Bush's boy is neck deep in the doo-doo

Wonderful mess we've caused.

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Thank you all for the responses...

I knew I could count on DUers...

[L. Coyote]

15. Sunni Bloc Quits Iraqi Cabinet

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1491643&mesg_id=1491643

Sunni Bloc Quits Iraqi Cabinet
August 1, 2007 9:01 PM
By LAUREN FRAYER - Associated Press Writer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6821015,00.html

BAGHDAD (AP) - Baghdad shook with bombings and political upheaval Wednesday as the largest Sunni Arab bloc quit the government and a suicide attacker blew up his fuel tanker in one of several attacks that claimed 142 lives nationwide.

The Iraqi Accordance Front's withdrawal from the Cabinet leaves only two Sunnis in the 40-member body, undermining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to pull together rival factions and pass reconciliation laws the U.S. considers benchmarks that could lead to sectarian reconciliation.

The U.S. military announced the deaths of four more American soldiers, including three killed in Baghdad on Tuesday by a powerful armor-piercing bomb. Washington says these types of bombs are sent from Iran. The fourth soldier was killed by small arms fire on the same day. A British soldier also was killed Tuesday in a roadside bombing. ...

[annabanana]

16. kickin in the am. . . (this may have been lost under the bridge). . .n/t

[radfringe]

17. but but but but but

we're makin' progress, can't ya see all rugs we can buy in the iraqi marketplaces? body armor, and being surrounded security guards is a small price to pay in order to buy rugs at such a great price