Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq parliament after crackdown on leader

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's main Sunni bloc pulled out of parliament on Saturday in protest at a crackdown on their leader Adnan al-Dulaimi, throwing the country's political process into new turmoil.

"We announce our boycott of the parliament until Adnan al-Dulaimi returns to the assembly today or tomorrow," Abdul Karim al-Samarraie of the National Concord Front said in parliament.

After his statement, the bloc's MPs walked out.

The Front had warned that political tensions could rise again following a crackdown on Dulaimi after the Iraqi army said car bombs were found near his Baghdad office on Thursday.

Dulaimi has been under effective house arrest since Friday.

The Front said on Saturday that the confinment of Dulaimi "will complicate the...

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