Reply #40: 20 June 2005: ”Therefore we must reject the occupation’s legitimacy and ..

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... RENEW our demand for these forces to withdraw,” the letter added.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=925971&C=america

Posted 06/20/05 10:22

Iraqi Lawmakers Call For Foreign Troops to Withdraw
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BAGHDAD


Iraqi lawmakers from across the political spectrum called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from their country in a letter released to the media June 19.

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Eighty-two Shiite, Kurdish, Sunni Arab, Christian and communist deputies made the call in a letter sent by Falah Hassan Shanshal of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the largest group in parliament, to speaker Hajem al-Hassani.

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In the letter, Shanshal said the 275-member parliament was the Iraqi people’s legitimate representative and guardian of their interests. ”We have asked in several sessions for occupation troops to withdraw,” the letter said. “Our request was ignored.”

”It is dangerous that the Iraqi government has asked the U.N. Security Council to prolong the stay of occupation forces without consulting representatives of the people who have the mandate for such a decision.

Every moment that Bush requires US nationals to occupy Iraq only compounds the illegal occupation of a soveriegn Nation.

Peace.


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