Iraq MPs clash over which Sunni Arab will be speaker.(News) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: March 30, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Shouting from their seats, Iraqi MPs failed to agree on a parliament speaker during their second National Assembly meeting yesterday.

Wrangling over bringing in Sunni Arabs - a step officials hope will quell the Sunni-led insurgency - prolonged, already torturous talks on forming a new government.

Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni representatives had been trying to come up with a name for the Sunni Arab candidate that MPs promised would be announced during the sessio...

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