Shiites Want a Delay in Decision on PM

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite leaders decided Thursday to oppose convening parliament next week to decide the future of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and may turn to the country's top Shiite cleric to break the deadlock over formation of the new government.

Sunni and Kurdish politicians had suggested that the 275-member legislature meet to decide whether al-Jaafari will head the next government after the prime minister refused their demands for him to step side.

Sunni and Kurdish opposition to al-Jaafari, who was nominated by his dominant Shiite bloc for a second term, has emerged as the main stumbling block to forming a government of national unity to reverse the country's slide toward anarchy.

However, Khalid al-Attiyah, a prominent Shiite politician, said representatives of the seven factions in the Shiite alliance met Thursday and decided to oppose taking the issue to parliament until all Iraqi parties agree on other top posts, including the president and speaker of parliament.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060406/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_politics_1;_

[baby_mouse]

1. He's only just been got rid of.

They want him? They can have him.