Identifier
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06BAGHDAD2153
2006-06-23 08:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
MASHADANI CONFIRMS PARLIAMENT TO STAY IN SESSION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 002153
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/23/2026
TAGS: PGOV KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: MASHADANI CONFIRMS PARLIAMENT TO STAY IN SESSION
DURING JULY AND ANNOUNCES AGENDA
Classified By: Political Counselor Margaret Scobey for Reasons 1.4 (B)
and (D).
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PLEASE CANCEL BAGHDAD 2153 AND ALL ASSOCIATED MCNS. IT WILL
BE RESENT UNDER NEW MRN. THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THE
INCONVENIENCE.
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¶3. (C) Mashadani referred to Vice President Tarik
al-Hashimi's version of the National Reconciliation and
Dialogue Plan, and its reference to "legitimate resistance",
stating that it has the support of the Leadership Council and
that it represents an attempt to bring Sunni and Shia
hardliners into the political process.
¶4. (C) Most likely in response to an intense CoR debate June
21 provoked by Shia Coalition allegations that the Speaker
had announced Ayad Allawi's appointment June 20 as the CoR,s
"High Representative," Mashadani expressed to PolCouns his
interest in appointing an official spokesperson. He said
that he was considering a close friend, a dual national AmCit
currently residing in the U.S., who he believed would be the
ideal bridge to the outside media and to the USG.
KHALILZAD