Shiites Give Iraqi Premier an Ultimatum

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Leaders of the Shiite Muslim alliance that governs Iraq have given Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari until Sunday to convince his opponents he should retain his job in Iraq's next government or face being pushed aside, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

In another sign that support for Jafari is weakening within his coalition, Qasim Dawood, an independent member of the Iraqi legislature, on Saturday became the first member of the alliance to publicly call for Jafari to withdraw his name for prime minister.

"I call on Jafari to take a courageous step and set a fine example by stepping down," said Dawood, according to the Reuters news agency. "We have stood behind him for 50 days, and today we have reached the conclusion that there should be a prime minister for all Iraqis, not just one group."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100840.html

[FloridaPat]

1. What a stupid way to run a gov't. Whose dumb idea was it to

good through all these hoops? Oh yeah, idiot in Chief.

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2202894