Democratic Grouping quits IAF

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The secretary general of the National Democratic Grouping on Saturday announced its withdrawal from the Sunni Iraqi Accord Front (IAF), citing the front’s “disrespect” for the rules and objectives for which it has been formed. “We have announced our official withdrawal from the front…Therefore, political blocs will have to deal with the front in its current form, that is, the Islamic Party and Adnan al-Dulaimi alone,” Taha al-Lahibi told IraqiNews.com news agency On December 25, 2008, the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) announced its withdrawal from the front, two days after the resignation of Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a council member, from his position as Parliament speaker. SS (P) 2