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Article: Turmoil in Iraq: Sunni bloc out of parliament
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 2, 2007
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's political system fell deeper into sectarian
turmoil Saturday as its largest Sunni bloc boycotted parliament,
refusing to continue until its leader Adnan al-Dulaimi returned from
what they called house arrest.
Al-Dulaimi, a critic of the Shiite-led government, has been
inside his Baghdad home since Friday, shortly after his son and
about 40 members of his staff and security team were detained in
relation to car bombs and killings nearby. Iraqi forces with U.S.
military assistance asked the Accordance Front leader to stay inside
for safety reasons, the U.S. military said, but Sunni leaders said
his absence, and that of his daughter -- legislator Asmaa al-
Dulaimi -- was ...