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Update 28: Al-Jaafari Ally New Nominee for Iraq PM
Forbes & AP ^
| Friday, April 21, 2006
| QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Posted on 04/21/2006 10:50:40 AM PDT by stop_fascism
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Anyone know about this guy?
To: stop_fascism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jawad al-Maliki is an Iraqi politician and the deputy leader of the Islamic Dawa Party. In April 2006 he was nominated to be the prime minister of Iraq.
He was the senior Shi'ite member of the committee that drafted the new constitution in 2005. Prior to this he was the deputy leader of the De-Baathification Commission of the Iraqi Interim Government [1]
During the regime of Saddam Hussein, he lived in exile in Syria, where he headed the Dawa party office. He was elected chairman of the Joint Action Committee, a Damascas-based opposition coalition that led to the founding of the Iraqi National Congress, which the Dawa Party participated in from 1992-95. [2]
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posted on
04/21/2006 10:55:50 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: stop_fascism
Al-Maliki is a top ally of outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-JaafariMeet the new boss, same as the old boss...
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posted on
04/21/2006 10:56:21 AM PDT
by
Kjobs
(Murtha IS A COWARD!! Go Jean Schmidt!)
To: stop_fascism
I know the MSM was trying to say he would be unacceptable to the others, but it sounds like he's OK with them.
I would think that having raised such a fuss, the other two groups wouldn't accede to someone even worse.
To: CharlesWayneCT
The MSM won't be happy until someone like Saddam Hussein is in power that way they can say they were right about Iraq and Bush was wrong!
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posted on
04/21/2006 10:58:09 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
To: stop_fascism
This is good news. Finally, the Iraqis will get their act together and form a government.
To: Kjobs
Maybe, maybe not but it's encouraging to see the Sunnis and Kurds saying they will accept him. Getting the govt up and running there is extremely important right now.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:04:08 AM PDT
by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: CharlesWayneCT
...I know the MSM was trying to say he would be unacceptable to the others, but it sounds like he's OK with them..........
This is interesting. It could be he is acceptable because it was necessary for the Sunnis to win a battle and ousting the PM was the victory. They appear to have successfully accomplished something meaningful, even if it acutually is not really so important.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:04:21 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
To: george wythe
It is very good news. The formation of an Iraqi government will suck a lot of air out the anti-war movement. If we can continue the current downward trend in US casualties over the past six months (April spike upwards aside) and the Iraqis continue to assume more of the security burden, we can start withdrawing some troops. That will have an impact on the mid-term elections.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:06:41 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: stop_fascism
Al Malicki? I think he's a Polish dude. If so, I think he may be in over his head. /humor
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:08:27 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(...diversity is great (until it happens to you)...)
To: stop_fascism
That "lived in Syria" bit should run up a red flag.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:17:28 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: bert
It could be he is acceptable because it was necessary for the Sunnis to win a battle and ousting the PM was the victory. They appear to have successfully accomplished something meaningful, even if it acutually is not really so important. The guy he is replacing as PM was an incredibly weak leader. While it's possible he could be worse, the odds are strongly against it. The previous jerk was so weak he would have surrendered to the French.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:19:05 AM PDT
by
Dave S
To: stop_fascism
Democracy in action. Messy, disorganized, and inefficient. But in the end everyone feels that they've had their say and been listened to, and they have a stake in the outcome. Two years from now the extra 60 days this took will be immaterial.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:31:36 AM PDT
by
RonF
To: Migraine
Al Malicki? didn't he have a deli in New Jersey for awhile?
(kidding)
To: bert
"This is interesting. It could be he is acceptable because it was necessary for the Sunnis to win a battle and ousting the PM was the victory. They appear to have successfully accomplished something meaningful, even if it acutually is not really so important."
Bert, I think you got it exactly right. The potential trouble with Al Maliki is his relationship with Al Sadr and Iran. I wonder if he is as close to the aforementioned as Al Jaafari is?
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:34:14 AM PDT
by
moose2004
(You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
To: stop_fascism
"He was elected chairman of the Joint Action Committee, a Damascas-based opposition coalition that led to the founding of the Iraqi National Congress"
The Iraqi National Congress is Ahmed Chalabi's group and, IIRC, quite secular. Al-Maliki's connection with it seems like a good thing.
To: areafiftyone
ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
Excellent point A51.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:45:09 AM PDT
by
Chuck54
To: stop_fascism
"The Maliki madhab (Arabic ãÇáßí) is one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa and West Africa. Madhabs are not sects, but rather schools of jurisprudence. There is, technically, no rivalry or competition between members of varying madhabs, and indeed it would not be uncommon for followers of all four to be found in a randomly selected American or European mosque." dirka dirka dirka
To: ARealMothersSonForever
I do not know how to make arabic crap look like arabic crap. ãÇáßí
To: ARealMothersSonForever
I do not know how to make arabic crap look like arabic crap. ãÇáßí
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