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Article: Iraqi parliament delays vote over fate of non-U.S. foreign troops
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 22, 2008
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Iraqi parliament delays vote over fate of non-U.S. foreign troops
BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi parliament on Monday postponed
the vote over a draft bill allowing non-U.S. foreign troops to stay
in Iraq until mid 2009, a source from the parliament said.
The delay came after the speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani ended
Monday's session as a number of mainly Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers
demanded the resignation of Mashhadani, the source said on condition
of anonymity.
Lawmakers from the Shiite ruling United Iraqi Alliance UIA and
the Kurdish coalition boycotted the session and held a meeting to
take a final decision about Mashhadani, the source said.
The Iraqi state-run television of Iraqia ...