Posted on 04/22/2006 1:30:59 AM PDT by HAL9000
Jawad Al-Maliki confirmed like candidate Shiite at the station of PM
BAGHDAD - the number two of the party Dawa, Jawad Al-Maliki, was confirmed like candidate of Allliance Shiite at the post of Prime Minister in Iraq, announced to Saturday the chief of the supreme Council of the Islamic revolution (SCIRI), Abdel Aziz Hakim.
"the political authority of Iraqi unified Alliance (AUI) met this day and approved the candidature of Jawad Al-Maliki for the post of Prime Minister, of Adel Abdel Mehdi at the post of vice-president of the Republic and that of sheik Khaled Al-Attiya to that of vice-president of the Parliament", declared Mr. Hakim in a press conference.
Now we just need to get the right guy in as Interior Minister and we will be set.
From what little I've read of his bio, this al-Maliki guy does not appear to be an Iran puppet, which is great.
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