Saturday, April 22, 2006

This Is Good News

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's parliament convenes Saturday to consider the Shiite coalition's nominee for prime minister, Jawad al-Maliki, in a step that may end months of political bickering and ease sectarian tensions.

The choice of al-Maliki, a parliament member from the Dawa Party, came about in a meeting of the United Iraqi Alliance, the Shiite-led coalition that won the December 15 parliamentary elections.

The coalition agreed Friday to nominate al-Maliki to replace interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in an attempt to jump-start the nation's stalled political process, two members of a top Shiite party said.

The Sunnis apparently like this guy...and his links to Iran are few.

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