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[QUOTE]Originally posted by glassman: [QB] [b]Iraqi parliament passes 3 key laws Bill meets part of U.S. demand for benchmarks By Liz Sly | Tribune correspondent February 14, 2008 BAGHDAD — In a rare burst of productivity Wednesday, Iraq's parliament bundled together three key laws and approved them as a package, ending months of deadlock in the country's long-stalled political process. Two of the laws, providing for a general amnesty for thousands of Iraqi prisoners and defining the powers of Iraq's provinces, belong to the set of benchmarks identified by the U.S. Congress to measure the progress of the Bush administration's Iraq strategy. The third, Iraq's delayed $48 billion budget for 2008, is considered vital for the government to continue to function and to start work on much-needed reconstruction projects. Immediately after the unanimous vote, parliament declared a five-week holiday, deferring for now any further progress toward other key benchmarks such as a new oil law[/b] hmmmm..... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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