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| Chalabi, Jafari are main candidates for next Iraqi PM |
| 2005-02-16 |
| The race for the top job in Iraq's new government narrowed Tuesday to two leaders in the Shiite alliance, with Ibrahim Jafari of the Dawa Party squaring off against Ahmad Chalabi, who was mounting a last-minute stand against his rival. Dr. Jafari, a physician who spent more than 20 years in exile and is now a deputy president in the interim government, improved his chances on Tuesday when he persuaded another rival, Adil Abdul Mahdi, to withdraw from the race. Dr. Jafari's party, Dawa, and Mr. Mahdi's, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, known as Sciri, are the two largest groups in the Shiite alliance, which captured a slim majority of the votes in the election on Jan. 30. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 "What are you screaming for? You came here to die, didn't you? Look at it this way: at least you're not going to die a murderer. Your mother would appreciate that..." |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-02-16 1:54:47 PM |
| #9 youd think these terrorists might learn to avoid crowds that have chains and knives ;) |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-02-16 1:48:55 PM |
| #8 LOL, BE - Goooooooooood! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-16 12:53:31 PM |
| #7 no raisins for you! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-16 12:35:17 PM |
| #6 Crown Beats Bomber Suspect to Death Good Morning .com: Ask and ye shall receive... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-16 12:31:23 PM |
| #5 In an interesting aside, on Fox a heard a scrap of information that there was a person wearing what appeared to be a bomb vest discovered near the Parliament or some similar Govt location in Baghdad. A crowd of Iraqis beat him to death. I haven't heard any followup and don't see any web story on it, yet. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-02-16 11:53:03 AM |
| #4 LH -you would think so, but Chalabi has more lives than a hindi cat |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-16 9:59:05 AM |
| #3 MSM all says Jafari. Jafari met today with Al Hakim, presumably to line up support. I doubt Chalabi has a chance. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-02-16 9:49:28 AM |
#2 More at the NY Sun. Chalabi claims to have the backing of 73 out of the 140 alliance assemblymen. Furthermore,Written off last spring by the White House, Mr. Chalabi in recent weeks has met with senior officials from the American embassy in Baghdad. A source close to the White House told the Sun yesterday the president in the last week "issued a clear directive that we are not to interfere with the Iraqis as they make their own decisions in forming the government." A senior administration official confirmed this account to the Sun. "This process is driven by Iraqis and dictated by Iraqis, the resulting outcome will be an Iraqi outcome," the official said. "If Chalabi gets it, Chalabi it will be."Translation: no State/CIA interference. Btw, Jabba, Allawi was the CIA's guy, Pachachi State's. Chalabi is, of course, the puppet of either Iran or the great neocon conspiracy, depending on whom you ask. |
| Posted by: someone 2005-02-16 9:36:29 AM |
| #1 If Chalabi, former CIA favortie, becomes Prime Minister, will that prove that he's an American Puppet, who was "expelled" by the Americans in fake condemnation, in order to prepare his way to take over the "Islamic Shiite" Alliance and make it a tool of American and the Jews? This is what will be said, I predict. |
| Posted by: Jabba the Tutt 2005-02-16 9:06:38 AM |