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Article: Sunni Blocs Boycott Iraq Parliament
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- June 24, 2007
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BAGHDAD - Parliament's two Sunni Arab blocs boycotted the 275-seat house on Sunday because the Sunni speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, was not reinstated as they demanded.
Muhannad al-Issawi, a spokesman for Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, had said that the 44-seat bloc decided in a meeting Saturday to demand that al-Mashhadani preside over Sunday's session.
"If the demand is rejected by other blocs, then the Accordance Front will suspend its participation in parliament," al-Issawi had told The Associated Press.
The Accordance bloc was joined in the boycott by the 11-seat National Dialogue Front.
The Sunni boycott threatens to further disrupt the work of Prime ...