Sunday, July 02, 2006

Sunni Bloc Ends Parliament Participation

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament will stop attending the legislative meetings until a kidnapped colleague is released, the head of the group said Sunday.

Lawmaker Tayseer al-Mashhadani and seven of her bodyguards were kidnapped Saturday at a checkpoint in a Shiite area of the capital. One of her bodyguards escaped. Adnan al-Dulaimi, head of the Iraqi Accordance Front, called other members of parliament to do the same.

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