The Iraqi parliament has adjourned for a month long vacation without taking action on any of the benchmarks designed to show political progress.
News item: On Thursday, 8/2, the largest coalition of Sunni Muslim political parties withdrew from the government.
News item: 35 Iraqis were killed in a suicide attact today; 15 of them children.
... and American soldiers fighting to provide safety and security to allow time to achieve a politcal consensus continue to die at the rate of 2 a day.
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