New Country and Government Elope, Call Family from Vegas

In a late breaking moment Iraq and it's new government have eloped in the dead of night. Asked if they didn't think this was a bit rash, and didn't it rob their family of the pomp and gravity of a historic moment, they said it was their Uncle's idea, they were too in love to wait, he gave them a hundred bucks and loaned them his car and they ran off to get wed with the same rituals performed, say, when the deed of a broken down car is signed over to a tow truck driver. No offense Iraq.

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