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...
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.