Posted on 08/26/2007 3:56:15 PM PDT by DakotaRed
BAGHDAD - Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.
The agreement by the five leaders was one of the most significant political developments in Iraq for months and was quickly welcomed by the United States, which hopes such moves will ease sectarian violence that has killed tens of thousands.
But skeptics will be watching for action amid growing frustration in Washington over the political paralysis that has gripped the government of Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore congratulated Iraq's leaders on the accord, hailing it in a statement as "an important symbol of their commitment to work together for the benefit of all Iraqis."
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Democracy is working over there and has been working. The Iraqi Government has passed more legislation in the past 8 than our own congress.
Tomorrow it will be electricity production.
Just high enough to ensure they can say we’ve failed.
The leftists cannot tolerate an American, let alone a Bush, victory.
“How much higher will the Democrats move the bar now?”
Santa moving to Baghdad to make toys.
But there's no snow...
We'd have to change all the Christmas carol lyrics and all.
;-)
” Santa moving to Baghdad to make toys.
But there’s no snow...
We’d have to change all the Christmas carol lyrics and all. “
Ah, I see you’ve apprehended the sublime subtlety of the old Shifty-Lefty Two-Fer Bonus Program.
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