{"article":{"id":131963,"heading":"Iraqi leaders demand Exit Strategy","author":"Chop Chop","created":"2005-07-09 17:50:17","modified":"2013-11-11 00:34:25","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:34:25","article":"<p>\"103 members of the [ 275-member] National Assembly (the Parliament) have demanded the adoption of a resolution cancelling the request made by the Government to the UN Security Council to extend the presence of multinational forces, and urging the Government to put &lsquo;a clear plan for army building and a timetable for the withdrawal of occupation troops&rsquo; from Iraq,\" reports Juan Cole. <br><br> Falah Hassan Shneishel MP (of the &lsquo;Independent National Bloc&rsquo;) [the INB is the parliamentary bloc of Muqtada al-Sadr&rsquo;s Current, which plays a prominent role in the organization of the political fight against the occupation]...threatened to call for popular demonstrations in case &lsquo;the authorities were not serious about the implementation of the demands of the Iraqis for an end to occupation.&rsquo;\" <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2005\/07\/103-iraqi-parliamentarians-demand.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Iraqi leaders demand Exit Strategy\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2005\/07\/131963.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}