{"id":1686,"date":"2007-05-09T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:28:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:28:08","slug":"majority-of-iraqi-lawmakers-reject-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/majority-of-iraqi-lawmakers-reject-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Reject Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Raed Jarrar and Joshua Holland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/\">AlterNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/storyimage_thumb_05092007story.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/storyimage_thumb_05092007story.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>More than half of the members of Iraq&#8217;s parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored the story.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members of Iraq&#8217;s parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144 lawmakers signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Raed Jarrar and Joshua Holland, AlterNet. More than half of the members of Iraq&#8217;s parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media ignored the story. 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