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| Allawi says may exit Iraq power-sharing talks: paper |
| 2010-11-04 |
| [Al Arabiya] The leader of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc could leave power-sharing talks on forming Iraq's next government and lead the opposition, he was quoted as telling a British newspaper on Wednesday. In an interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper, Iyad Allawi said he does not believe a deal to form a national unity government with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other rivals can work. Iraq has been without a new government since a March 7 election failed to produce a clear winner, leaving Shi'ite Mohammedan, Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians jockeying for power. "I have come to accept that opposition is a real option for us," said Allawi, whose cross-sectarian bloc won the most votes in Iraq's general election but did not win an outright majority in parliament. "We are in the final days of making a final decision on this issue," the former prime minister said. |
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| #1 Politics of the souk. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-04 21:51 |