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| Iraq |
| Iraq Parliament Session Ends in Chaos as Turmoil Deepens |
| 2014-07-02 |
| [An Nahar] Iraq's new parliament broke up in chaos Tuesday, with lawmakers walking out and making threats despite global calls for the formation of a government needed to face a Sunni militant onslaught. After a break called to calm soaring tempers, so many Sunni and Kurdish deputies stayed away that the quorum was lost, so a speaker could not be elected as was constitutionally required, and the session ended in disarray. |
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| Posted by: Squinty 2014-07-02 18:00 |