'Put your stuff on the camel'

Quote of the day, from The New York Times (here) on yesterday's sitting of the Iraqi Parliament:

In the Parliament room, politicians shouted over one another trying to be heard. Mr. Mashhadani [Speaker of the Parliament] finally yelled for everyone to “shut up.” He then used an ancient Arabic phrase, literally meaning to “put your stuff on the camel,” which roughly translates as, “We expect more of this body.” He said in disgust, “I cannot see how it is possible that a new security plan can work.”