Iraq's parliament adjourns until September

[Barrett808]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, July 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament closed for its summer recess on Monday, lawmakers said, deciding to take a break until early September despite having failed to enact a series of laws demanded by Washington.

"Parliament has decided to break until early September," Hussein Falluji of the mainly Sunni Accordance Front bloc in parliament told Reuters.

"We have already cut the holiday by one month. It is our constitutional right to take it," he added.

The recess means parliament will resume just before U.S. military commander General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are due to report back to Congress on the success of this year's surge in U.S. troops to Iraq.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GRA049304.htm

[xchrom]

1. lol -- oh yeah -- they care about america ''liberating'' them.

i hate conservatives with every fiber of my being.

[rodeodance]

2. they talke of 'constitutional right' but not of responsibility/accountability to the people

of Iraq.


Seems that Rights discourse is what they have learned

[Old and In the Way]

3. Can't find the time to get the Hydrocarbon Law passed.

Gonna piss Cheney off.

[acmavm]

4. It's their 'constitutional right'? Shit, they have constitutional rights

and we don't (anymore). How ironic.

[mikeytherat]

5. Hussein Falluji of the mainly Sunni Accordance Front bloc, says "SUCK IT!"

"We have already cut the holiday by one month. It is our constitutional right to take it," he added.

Dude, just go ahead and say what you mean, "You're damn lucky we don't take two months off, so STFU already!"

Well, they have learned from the best...

mikey_the_rat

[truth2power]

6. "laws demanded by Washington"..

Demanded? Wait...I thought Iraq was sovereign. Didn't Bremer turn over "sovereignty" before he high-tailed it out of Baghdad? That's not counting, of course, his 100 orders.

Cheney/Bush and their minions. Fugging liars!! But you already knew that.

[MichiganVote]

7. Sort of flies in the face of the 'terrorist' panic * promotes....

Such a sham this whole thing is and our young people and experienced leaders in the thick of it while our government ignores the realities....

[badgervan]

8. A Question....

A few months ago, I read that around 200 of Iraq's elected representatives don't even live in the country, and thus don't ever show up for legislative business. I wonder why we haven't heard anything about this - anyone else hear anything about this?

[Barrett808]

9. Juan Cole has reported this on several occasions

http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=BIMG%3Ajuancole.com%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.juancole.com%3BBGC%3A%23c0f6ff%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23800080%3BALC%3A%23008000%3BGALT%3A%230000ff%3BGFNT%3A%23800080%3B&domains=juancole.com&q=parliament+abroad+quorum&btnG=Search&sitesearch=juancole.com

[Xipe Totec]

10. Iraqi parliament adjourns in blow to Bush

Source: Reuters

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.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/ts_nm/iraq_dc_12

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See ya' in september! :hi:

[Jim__]

11. We'll stand down when they stand up.

Is this really a blow to bush? Or could he want us to be in Iraq for a while longer?

[Xipe Totec]

13. Further excerpt from the article

The recess leaves Bush with little to show Americans after sending nearly 30,000 more troops to Iraq to give Iraqi leaders breathing space to reach a political accommodation.

"Bush cannot realistically go to Congress and say he has to keep U.S. troops there because the Iraqi government is doing a good job -- because the government is largely absent. It places him in a very difficult predicament," said Gareth Stansfield, an analyst at leading British think-tank Chatham House.



It's more than a blow to Bush; it's a "blow me".

[mikeytherat]

16. A "blow me" is correct. Same idea, different thread:

Hussein Falluji of the mainly Sunni Accordance Front bloc, says "SUCK IT!"

"We have already cut the holiday by one month. It is our constitutional right to take it," he added.

Dude, just go ahead and say what you mean, "You're damn lucky we don't take two months off, so STFU already!"

Well, they have learned from the best...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2934643&mesg_id=2934711

mikey_the_rat

[EFerrari]

18. Yep Translation: "We're not handing over our oil just like that." nt

/oops

[3waygeek]

22. This is good news...

if Bush finally got blown, we can impeach him.

[Enrique]

12. I hope they send our troops a post card

[damntexdem]

19. No, it's just too hot for them to write.

And all the picture postcards available there show bombings -- or places that have been bombed.

[cliss]

14. Well, that's one way of getting rid

of your occupier. I believe the Iraqi Parliament tried to do this recently, about 1 month ago. Cheney jumped on a plane, pleaded with the Iraqis to skip their vacation.

Now, it seems they're going anyway.

Bush will have absolutely nothing to show Congress in September. This was going to be his absolute last chance. It will be impossible for him to keep the troops there at this point.

The pressure will be insurmountable to get the troops out.

[EFerrari]

20. Oh, please. Hope you're right.

Those sneaky Iraqis! :)

[damntexdem]

15. Enjoy it, Dubya!

Unlike Clinton, this is the only blow job you're likely to get.

;-)

[Bruce McAuley]

17. The Petroleum Law is what he wants, and they don't.

They would be traitors to their country if they signed the "Hydrocarbon Law" into law as Bush wants them to, not to mention MOST of the American lawmakers too.
It "unmonopolizes" the Iraqi's State Oil production so Exxon gets a BIG slice and we get Iraqi oil sold in dollars only, which props up the Petrodollar for the next 30 years.
Bush loses, the Iraqis win.
So far, that is.
The thumbscrews will be applied a little tighter when they resume their deliberations in September.
Bush loses for another month and a half, at least.
The Iraqis are clever people when it comes to negotiating with their resources.
They realize the implications, even if many here in America are oblivious.

Bruce

[donkeyotay]

21. The Iraqi parliament, our congress and dimson all take the month of August off

While our troops and the Iraqis living through this disaster, and the refugees, and the people without water and without hope just keep on keeping on. It's disgusting that those in power are so comfortable and so oblivious to the suffering they've put in motion. Ironically, bush originally pushed his war because we had to get in there before it got hot. Somebody should turn off the air conditioning at Rancho Boguso, and the congress should stay and work through August without air conditioning. Show a little solidarity with the people who suffer from their policies.

[badgervan]

24. And Get This....

Congress is about to vote itself another 4000+ a year raise.

[classysassy]

23. Cease fire

until they return.