Two noteworthy Truthout pieces

From Alternet.org

On
Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members
of Iraq'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.





Pelosi Threatens to Sue Bush Over Iraq Bill

By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Elana Schor
The Hill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush
to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully
crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.

Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers, "We can take the president to court" if he issues a signing statement, according to Kid Oakland, ablogger who covered Pelosi's remarks for the liberal website dailykos.com.

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