Iraqi Lawmakers Forcing End Of Occupation?

   Here is something that you will not hear on Fox News anytime soon or anywhere else on television for that matter.

   The Iraqi Parliament passed a binding resolution that guarantees lawmakers a chance at blocking the extension of the U.N. mandate which keeps coalition troops in Iraq, which is coming up for renewal in December. Of course, Iraqi Bush minion Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is said to probably veto the attempt.

The law requires that any future extensions of the mandate, which have previously been made by Iraq's Prime Minister, be approved by the parliament. It is an enormous development; lawmakers reached in Baghdad today said that they do in fact plan on blocking the extension of the coalition's mandate when it comes up for renewal six months from now.

Reached today by phone in Baghdad, Nassar al Rubaie, the head of Al-Sadr bloc in Iraq's Council of Representatives, said, "this new binding resolution will prevent the government from renewing the UN mandate without the parliament's permission. They'll need to come back to us by the end of the year, and we will definitely refuse to extend the UN mandate without conditions." Rubaie added: "there will be no such a thing as a blank check for renewing the UN mandate anymore, any renewal will be attached to a timetable for a complete withdrawal."     AlterNet for more

   This could be something in the making here, not to mention the fact that the Iraqi parliament is making our Democratic Congress look sort of wimpy, which they are getting to be. While our Congress and Senate ignore the will of the Americans who gave them the power, the Iraqis are listening to their citizens and are trying to take some action to end our occupation of their war- torn country. Maybe the Democrats in the United States should pay attention and take some notes!

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