Iraqi PM's future in doubt after Kurdish, Sunni veto

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Sunni and Kurdish leaders have emphatically rejected Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari staying on in the next government, possibly sealing the embattled Shiite premier's political fate.

The clear no to Jaafari -- blamed for failing to curb sectarian bloodshed since the bombing of the Shiite Samarra shrine in February -- came on Monday amid a wave of violence that left more than 100 Shiites dead last week.

Jaafari's Shiite United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the largest parliamentary bloc, had made yet another attempt Sunday to save Jaafari's candidature by setting up a three-member committee to talk to the Kurds and the Sunnis.

The committee was mandated to talk to the two minority groups without whose support a national unity government -- as desired by the United States -- is virtually impossible to be formed in Iraq.

more;http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060410/wl_afp/iraq_060410113001;_

[exlrrp]

1. Who and what is next??

What does this mean exactly? I mean in terms of those who are financing this war --that means US, the American people?
One of the most noticeable things about the way news is handled on this war is the medias nonconcentration on the important events. There's really no analysis by our media of ANY of the Iraqi politics ins and outs. This forces me to assume that conditions are bad, really bad.. If there was anything good to talk about, theyd be talking about it. Thats why the media coverage of the war alwayd looks negative--there's nothing good to report.
Who's the next likely PM candidate? What will this mean for Iraq? the US?
We better talk about it here, you won't find this covered anywhere in the US media

[seaglass]

2. Juan Cole does a very good job in analyzing the situation

in Iraq and linking to multiple sources about what is happening on the ground.

http://www.juancole.com/

I rely on print/online for analysis, TV news is just never going to be able to discuss the intricacies so that people understand.