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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