Pol-iraq-government-negotiations

[farquar]

Maliki said that, with regard to the Iraqi Sunnis, they should not necessarily be represented at the cabinet in direct proportion to the size of their community in Iraq. He added that some Sunnis were "still armed, causing trouble and hampering the democratic process." He added that those who are still carrying arms "have no right to be represented in the government." He said that some names of potential Sunni ministers were former members in the Baath Party and he did not feel they deserved to be in the government.

Some MPs said that two portfolios, who were set aside for outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya block of 40 out of 275 MPs, are likely to end up in Sunni hands. http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=726520

[Dinaress]

i am sorry i think this is hilarious! flamed over flour? sounds like typical political hagglings to me...remember our last elections? :lmao:


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050425/od_uk_nm/oukoe_iraq_parliament_1

[farquar]

i am sorry i think this is hilarious! flamed over flour? sounds like typical political hagglings to me...remember our last elections? :lmao:


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050425/od_uk_nm/oukoe_iraq_parliament_1
Hilarious yes and sad also.Their people and many soldiers are spilling their blood so they don't get knocked off and they can do no better than " impassioned speeches on flour, quoting the Koran correctly and forming new committees dominated the chamber". What can we say but a prayer, that they can get it together before the slippery slope is under their feet. :(