Sunni bloc returns to Iraqi parliament

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BAGHDAD, September 08, SPA -- A small Sunni Arab bloc ended its parliamentary boycott Saturday, returning to thelegislature. The return of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue endsthe last boycott of parliament, which had contributed tothe political paralysis at a critical time as the U.S. pushes for reconciliation, the Associated Press reported. Elsewhere, the U.S. military said it had brought a newweapon into the fight in Iraq, announcing the Army'sfirst-ever use of a drone aircraft to kill enemy fightersin Iraq. The Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, dropped aprecision bomb on two suspected insurgents believed to bepreparing to plant roadside bombs on Sept. 1, the militarysaid. The drone was called in for the attack near Qarraya,290 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of Baghdad, after ascout team from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment,observed the insurgents at work. «This accomplishment adds a precise and discriminatemeans for our Army to successfully engage the enemy incounterinsurgency warfare,» Col. A.T. Ball, commander ofthe 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, said in a statement. In violence Saturday, a bomb went off midday at a crowdedmarket in the Shiite holy city of Kufa, 160 kilometers (100miles) south of Baghdad, killing four and injuring five,said Khalil al-Yasiri, a health official in the neighboringcity of Najaf.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/480977

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