Did you see this article in the New York Times?
Of course not! Thank god for the alternative press.
AlterNet: War on Iraq: Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation: "On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144 lawmakers signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition."
Labels: Iraq, Iraqi parliament, occupation, timetable, withdrawal
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