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Abdulmahdi nomination not result of foreign pressure
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi said on Tuesday that his nomination for the premiership came in response to the will of the Nation al Alliance to speed up the formation of the new government not as a result of any Arab or regional pressures.

Abdulmahdi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency correspondent during a press conference that he will work with other political blocs to form a government of national unity. He thanked the members of the National Alliance for their trust, including those who opposed or rejected his nomination.

He underlined that he will be in the parliament’s building every day until forming the new government and ending the current crisis.

Iraq has been in a political vacuum since the March 7 election which Allawi’s Iraqiya won by two seats over State of Law, although neither party won the majority needed to govern. Allawi and Maliki’s blocs have held tentative negotiations, but at the same time have also both been reaching out to other potential partners.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-09-08
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=305082