Members Of Iraqi Parliament May Face Fines For Not Showing Up...

The New York Times Damien Cave January 24, 2007 11:08 AM

Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, the speaker of Parliament, read a roll call of the 275 elected members with a goal of shaming the no-shows.

Ayad Allawi, the former prime minister? Absent, living in Amman and London. Adnan Pachachi, the octogenarian statesman? Also gone, in Abu Dhabi.

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