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Iraqi PM to file complaint against new president
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-pm-file-complaint-against-president-221856444.html
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Al-Maliki, whose bloc won the most seats in April elections, is accusing the new president Fouad Massoum of neglecting to name a prime minister from the country’s largest parliamentary faction by Sunday’s deadline. He says the president has violated the constitution “for the sake of political goals.”
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U.S. official says backs Iraq president after Maliki vows to stay on
http://news.yahoo.com/u-official-says-backs-iraq-president-maliki-vows-224722120.html
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official for Iraq said on Sunday he fully supported Iraqi President Fouad Masoum after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who the United States has blamed for stoking Iraq’s security crisis, accused Masoum of violating the constitution.
“Fully support President of Iraq Fouad Masoum as guarantor of the Constitution and a (prime minister) nominee who can build a national consensus,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk said on his Twitter feed.
Must be a full moon or something.