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May 20, 2006
Unity Government Formed and Sworn in Two Days Early
Again, this will fall on the left's deaf ears:
Despite the violence, legislators began to arrive at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone for a session of the 275-member parliament that was to approve Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki's new Cabinet.
The United States hopes the new national unity government of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds can calm the violence and pave the way for Washington to begin withdrawing U.S. troops.
"This is a historic day for Iraq and all its people," deputy parliament speaker Khalid al-Attiyah said at a nationally televised news conference as the legislators gathered.
"It is the first time that a full-term, democratically elected government has been formed in Iraq since the fall of the ousted regime. This government represents all Iraqis," said al-Attiyah, a bearded Shiite cleric wearing a white turban.
He could accurately go further: this is the first full-term, democratically elected government in Arab history.
Posted by Aaron at May 20, 2006 07:56 AM
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