Iraq Parliament postpones voting on US Forces withdrawal from Iraq
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Robert Caslen congratulates Iraqi soldiers after a live fire exercise outside Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Iraqi government is preparing its security forces to take over security responsibility in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin the top American general in Iraq said Monday that al-Qaida and other insurgent groups might seek to strengthen their operations after American forces leave at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament has decided on Thursday to postpone voting on the law for the withdrawal of the American Forces from Iraq, Parliament Member, Salam al-Maliki, reported. “The Parliament has postponed voting on the law for the withdrawal of the American Forces from Iraq, in its session today (Thursday), attended by 236 out of its 325 Parliament members,” Maliki told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said the Parliament had voted in its today’s session on the two laws on the Trade and Industry Ministries, along with voting in principle on the law on military crimes courts, during its session that was scheduled to vote on 9 draft-laws.