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Friday, 11. May 2007, 17:22:13
Albuquerque Tribune - 05/10/07
Iraq drafts bill saying it wants troops out
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A majority of Iraqi lawmakers have endorsed a bill calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and demanding a freeze on the number of foreign troops already in the country, lawmakers said today.
The legislation was being debated even as U.S. lawmakers were locked in a dispute with the White House over their call to start reducing the size of the U.S. force in Iraq in the coming months.
The Iraqi bill, drafted by a parliamentary bloc loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, was signed by 144 members of the 275 member house, according to Nassar al-Rubaie, the leader of the Sadrist bloc.
Iraq drafts bill saying it wants troops outBAGHDAD, Iraq — A majority of Iraqi lawmakers have endorsed a bill calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and demanding a freeze on the number of foreign troops already in the country, lawmakers said today.
The legislation was being debated even as U.S. lawmakers were locked in a dispute with the White House over their call to start reducing the size of the U.S. force in Iraq in the coming months.
The Iraqi bill, drafted by a parliamentary bloc loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, was signed by 144 members of the 275 member house, according to Nassar al-Rubaie, the leader of the Sadrist bloc.
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