Iraq’s parliament today voted 113 to 55 to “oust its speaker, Mahmoud Mashhadani, a day after one of his bodyguards allegedly roughed up another lawmaker, legislators said.”
UPDATE: Last year, Mashhadani described the U.S. occupation of Iraq as “butcher’s work.” He also stated, “I personally think whoever kills an American soldier in defense of his country would have a statue built for him in that country.”
UPDATE II: The Newshoggers have more.
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