Al-Jaafari's Party Stands Behind Him

[Eugene]

Al-Jaafari's Party Stands Behind Him


Monday April 17, 2006 4:46 PM

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By BUSHRA JUHI

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The political snarl over choosing Iraq's new government
tightened Monday as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party indicated
it was standing firm for him to keep the post for a second term despite
opposition from Sunni Arabs and Kurds.

Ali al-Adeeb, a top official in the Dawa party, said the group would not put forward
anyone else as the Shiite Muslim nominee for premier unless al-Jaafari decided
to step aside.

The announcement pointed to further delays in negotiations to form a broad-based
government, an effort that has stumbled along for four months since the Dec. 15
parliamentary elections.

An alliance of seven Shiite parties has deferred to Dawa to decide whether the bloc should
stand with its February decision to nominate al-Jaafari to head the new government.
Sunnis and Kurds oppose him, saying he has failed to stop the recent surge in sectarian
bloodshed, and neither side has enough votes to force a decision.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5760936,00.html

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[saigon68]

1. I love it how CondaSleezy dreams that once this hurdle

Is over come that the citizens will finally stage the long awaited

ROSE PETAL PARADE

[rocktivity]

2. Surprise surprise surprise

All the fuss in the papers about getting him to step down in the first place was probably just more propaganda.

:headbang:
rocknation

[endarkenment]

3. That nutbag viper kindofsleezy struck out again.

She is a real wizbang at that whole state department thing. Almost as good at that diplomatizing as she was at her former job as national security advisor. Anyhow the Iraqi government is officially a joke. The real government is deeply dug in behind the fortified walls of the planet's biggest embassy in the green zone of baghdad.