The GOOD NEWS from Iraq

Informed Comment:

WaPo confirms the report that a majority of Iraqi parliamentarians have signed a petition asking that a timetable for withdrawal of US troops be established.

Thursday's session of parliament had to be cut short when a rancorous debate broke out. The initial issue was Shiites displaced from Diyala province to the holy city of Karbala. Speaker Muhammad al-Mashhadani was accused of smiling at a time when grief was more appropriate. He was then upbraided by a fellow Sunni from a different party. He slapped the MP before pounding his gavel and closing the session.

The falsely named 'Islamic State in Iraq' released a video Thursday of its murder of 9 Iraqi security officers. I think if they checked, they'd find that Islam forbids murder.

Oil workers in Basra postponed a planned strike. They oppose possible plans to privatize the oil industry.

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