Sunnis threaten to pull out of Iraq govt, take up arms

[ECH1969]

The main Sunni Arab bloc in Iraq's parliament threatened today to pull out of the unity government and take up arms if the Shiite-dominated government continued to ignore its calls for the dismantling of militias.

Salim Abdallah, spokesman for the National Concord Front, a bloc of three Sunni parties holding 44 seats in parliament, told Agence France-Presse his group had delivered a message to the government two weeks ago about dissolving the militias.

'If they do not respond to this request, we may abandon the political process and have no other choice but to take up arms,' he said.

http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news/item.do?newsId=37230924130756

[xchrom]

1. this bears watching after al douri's comments yesterday.

if the shiites are serious about peace -- now is the time to step up.

[krispos42]

2. I bet Bush still thinks its up to him about partitioning Iraq

Idiot

[radfringe]

3. any bets some repub

will be spinning this as "They have been emboldened by our elections - it's the DEMOCRATS fault"

[everythingsxen]

4. I wouldn't bet on it...

I'd count on it.

Same with the Hamas thing.

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Don't forget the verdict on Saddam Hussein, either.

If his sentence is actually carried out in January, look for the Sunnis to go volcanic.

:nuke: