A majority of Iraq’s parliament has signed a petition for a legislative timetable governing a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, but they have not yet voted on it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/world/middleeast/11cnd-iraq.html?ex=1180238400&en=e51d5a82e8875c22&ei=5070
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of anti-Americaan militias & death squads, has returned to Iraq. "US officials say they are hopeful that the reappearance of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (mook-TAH'-duh ehl SAH'-dur) signals that he wants to "play a positive role in Iraq."
A National Security Council spokesman says al-Sadr has a chance to be a part of the country's political reconciliation process, but says everyone will have to wait and see if he and his followers participate."
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6569390
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