Sunnis end Iraqi parliament boycott

This couldn't have come at a better time. From the AP:

BAGHDAD - Sunni lawmakers ended their five-week boycott of
parliament Thursday, raising hopes the factious assembly can make progress on
benchmark legislation demanded by Washington...The 44 members of the Iraqi
Accordance Front attended Thursday's session after striking a deal with other
blocs to reinstate the Sunni speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who was ousted by
the Shiite-dominated assembly last month for erratic behavior.
Al-Mashhadani
is expected to gracefully resign after presiding over a number of
sessions...

"We all have to work together to rescue Iraq from the
catastrophe which has befallen it," Sunni leader Adnan al-Dulaimi told
parliament. "This is the first step in solving the Iraqi problem and in stopping
the bloodshed."

This will dash the hopes of those who wish for an early pullout, while maintaining the Iraq government isn't performing up to par.