Thursday, February 28, 2008

Sadr anger over Iraq law setback

BBC

The faction loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has reacted angrily to the rejection by Iraq's presidency council of a draft law on regional powers.

A spokesman for the bloc, Nassar Rubaie, denounced the council's decision as a form of dictatorship.

He said his group was considering calling for sit-ins and a general strike in protest.

The presidency council has not said which of its three members objected to the law.

However, Sadrist politicians have blamed the decision on one of the vice-presidents, Adel Abdulmahdi, who is a senior figure in a rival Shia party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council........

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