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President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, played down the significance of the https://www.cagooseclearance.com move by a Shi independent committee, saying the resulting furor, including alarm among minority Sunnis who Canada Goose Coats On Sale dominated Iraq under Saddam, was overblown. invasion begins to recede. troops to end combat operations in August ahead of a full withdrawal by end 2011 could be derailed. Canada Goose Outlet Vice President Joe Biden was expected to visit, buy canada goose jacket Talabani Canada Goose online said. administrators after the invasion to root out Saddam loyalists, has barred 511 candidates from the March 7 parliamentary vote.

The list included prominent Sunni leader Saleh canada goose factory sale al Mutlaq, generating widespread protests from Sunnis that Iraq majority Shi were trying to canada goose coats sideline them. Two thirds canada goose uk outlet of those on the list when it was filtered out on Wednesday turned out to be Shi potentially defusing the row.

have asked our brother Medhat al Mahmoud (head of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council) whether the commission called justice and accountability really exists. As we know, parliament has Discount Canada Goose not voted it into existence yet, Talabani said.

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Its leaders are associated with an electoral canadian goose jacket alliance led by the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a powerful canada goose coats on sale Shi political uk canada goose outlet movement that was formed in Iran.

Analysts say the composition of the list of banned candidates suggests Canada Goose sale it could be aimed at reducing the electoral threat posed by secular groups to the Islamist parties that have dominated Iraq since the invasion, and not at Sunnis.

The Baath party under Canada Goose Online Saddam ruled Iraq with an iron fist for more than two decades, brutally repressing any opposition from Shi and Kurds. Many Iraqis, whether Sunni or Shi joined because cheap Canada Goose it was the only way to get a good job.

At a news conference, Canada Goose Jackets Iyad Jamal al Deen, a secular Shi who wears religious clothing and heads the small Ahrar coalition of Shi and Sunni parties, said 20 of his 200 candidates were on the list and called the ban an attempt at and marginalization.

In heavily Shi southern Iraq on Thursday, canada goose clearance sale crowds hundreds strong demonstrated to call for the full implementation of laws banning the Baath party.

Iraqi elections officials barred another 75 candidates from the vote; not for Baathist ties, but because of misrepresentations in their educational qualifications.

Additional reporting by Khalid Al Ansary and Muhanad Mohammed; editing by Michael Christie and Ralph Boulton.