Special Parliamentary session to discuss 2 provinces

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament will hold on Wednesday a special session Salah al-Din and Anbar provinces, according to a parliamentary statement issued today. The statement, received by IraqiNews.com, noted that the meeting shall be attended by tribal sheikhs from both provinces. Salah al-Din province, 157 km north of the capital, Baghdad, announced last week intentions to declare the province “an independent region within a unified Iraq.” The reasons behind such a declaration included the negligence of the central government, and lack of political and economic rights. The Kurdistan Alliance recently announced their support for Salah al-Din to declare itself a region, amidst rejection by other political blocs. RM (TP)/SR 38