And can you believe these people took a “summer recess?” I guess they are modeling after the U.S. Our congress is in session a total of (I believe this is correct) 71 days a year.

September 6, 2006

BY ELENA BECATOROS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s parliament reopened Tuesday after a summer recess and voted to extend a state of emergency for a month because of unrelenting sectarian violence, while its president predicted bloodshed will be quelled by the end of next year.

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