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To: jmc1969
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...

4 posted on 04/01/2006 9:32:09 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thanks. Had read that article amoung others. Time is running out for all these guys assuming they actually have plans of providing final chooses for government posts.


9 posted on 04/02/2006 10:27:56 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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