[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well now that's progress.

[Marine_Uncle]

Well. Guess we'll know by Monday or so. The reality is coming to a head. I suspect his cards have been on the table for a long time. If he has reached this point, why should they believe he will alter course.
Mahdi is probably a best choice regardless of what Jaafari may come out with. Mahdi is on the record for a secular government that will work for all Iraqi. Jaafari has proven he is not.
Plus a new face, with new chooses for the minitry posts will give them all a boost. Take the heat off their backs.
At any rate. Time to call it a day. Have a good Sunday.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think this is an update:

April 01, 2006
Inside the UIA, Round II

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Support for Jaafari within the UIA appears to be crumbling; The Battle for Baghdad is in full swing

The support for Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the current Prime Minister and candidate to lead the newly elected Iraqi government, is waning. Reuters reports a large majority of the United Iraqi Alliance no longer backs his candidacy, and a member of the UIA has publicly spoken out against Jaafari:

"I call on Jaafari to take a courageous step and set a fine example by stepping down," Kasim Daoud, a senior member of the independent group within the Alliance, told Reuters...

[Wasanother]

The MSM will try to make this negative by claiming the government is falling apart but I just hope that people understand that this is Democracy at it's best.