https://freerepublic.com/tag/abdulmehdi/ en-us Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:32:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889282/posts Who is Adel Abdul Mehdi? A 'Shiite Moderate' or another Iran's Puppet? Regarding the man after Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq, Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine wrote on Aug. 22, 2007 : "The Shi'ite coalition's most likely candidate is Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a French-trained economist and political chameleon. Having been, at various points in his career, a communist, a Ba'athist and a secular liberal democrat, he has switched directions so many times it's hard to know which way he's going. These days, Abdul-Mahdi represents the Shi'ite-fundamentalist Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), which, like Maliki's Dawa Party, is beholden to Tehran. Twice in... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889282/posts#comment Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:32:26 GMT