'Tis a warm, sunny afternoon in Baghdad. We have expected this news for some time. We just figured the "face-saving" process needed to be established first.
I haven't heard anything official about Jaafari stepping down, but everyone knows it needs to happen.
They realize the government cannot be successful with those ties to al-Sadr and Iran mixed up in it. I frequently hear Iraqis say with conviction: "We do NOT want to be another Iran."
Did you hear about the brothers from Iraq the Model...losing a brother-in-law to the terrorists...killed him as he opened up a foundation he was starting.
What's the temperature today where you are?