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• Thursday, May 10, 2007 07:01 AM

  All the headlines are about the minorities...

  While the US media stays focused on those representing a minority of Representatives, it - and Salon - have missed the parallel-tracked sales pitch that both VP Cheney and an Iraqi representative named Mowaffak al-Rubaie have been simultaneously pulling in each of our respective halls of congress/parliament.

  Oddly in both cases it now appears that there is much going on below the surface that smells. In the case of Mr. al-Rubaie, foreign media [and a very few US outlets] have reported the AP wire story that Mr. al-Rubaie submitted [was forced to submit?] a petition to the leader of Iraq's parliament signed by a majority of the Iraqi parliament -144 signatures - calling for a vote to set a timetable ending the US occupation. It appears Mr al-Rubaie forgot [!!] to tell Congress this interesting fact regarding this petition, however, and NO media in the states have picked up on his dual role in pressing for longer occupation while having to submit a request toend the occupation. Moreover, it also appears [reading an Intl Herald Trib article] that there are moves afoot in Iraq to quash the vote.

  I am truly tired of reading about our minority representatives' new-found strength and would love to see some investigative reporting about our countries' parallel majorities and the parallel attempt by our countries' recalcitrant leaders to quash that voice and/or sell an occupation that both majorities oppose.

  —puffmeister Read puffmeister's other letters
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