Article: VOA NEWS: SUNNI ARAB LEGISLATORS END BOYCOTT OF IRAQI PARLIAMENT

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Margaret Besheer

Sunni Arab legislators have ended their five-week boycott of Iraq's parliament, raising hopes the assembly can move forward on legislation viewed as crucial to national reconciliation. From Iraq, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.

Iraq's largest Sunni Arab bloc, the Accordance Front, returned to parliament Thursday after a boycott fueled by the removal last month of the Sunni speaker, Mahmoud Mashhadani.

The parliament removed Mashhadani after he argued with a Shi'ite colleague and made accusations against him. There were also reports of fighting between the two men's bodyguards.

Salim Abdullah Jabbouri, spokesman for the ...

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