Iraqi lawmakers agree to bill reinstating ex-supporters of Saddam's Baath partysnip
The bill, approved by a unanimous show of hands on each of its 30 clauses, is the first piece of major U.S.-backed legislation approved by the 275-seat parliament.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/12/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq.php'08 plan is to turnover the last seven provinces to iraq authority by August while the troops are
redeployed out of areas under full Iraqi authority/control to the shrinking areas still under 'freedom fighter' influence.
'09 is downsizing.
no secret to this as it was made public several months ago but those stories do not make sensational M$M front page controversy