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  • Jaafari, Iraq's most likely next PM, is Shiite modernist (Hope for Islam -- Shia emergence)

    02/15/2005 6:46:34 PM PST · by Cornpone · 5 replies · 475+ views
    Tehran Times ^ | 16 Feb 2005 | tehran times.com
    BAGHDAD (AFP) -- Ibrahim Jaafari, who Tuesday emerged as the man most likely to be Iraq's new prime minister, is a religious Shiite who believes in modernizing Islam and boasts a popular support unmatched by any of his rivals. Jaafari, currently one of two largely ceremonial vice presidents, has been chosen as the candidate of the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance list that swept to power with 48 percent of the vote in the January 30 election. His Hezb al-Dawa al-Islamiyya (Islamic Call Party) quickly re-established itself in the southern Shiite heartland after the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion and many expected...