Iraqi News Allawi courts the Kurds; Maliki and Jaafari bury the hatchet?

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Gregg Carlstrom | March 31, 2010 3:32 PM

The horse-trading continues in Iraq: Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is trying to cement a possible merger with the Iraqi National Alliance, but the Sadrist movement seems reluctant; and Iyad Allawi is trying to attract Kurdish support, but the Kurds seem reluctant.

There's a lot to keep track of, so we've rounded up a bullet-point list of the latest political maneuverings after the jump. We'll do similar lists in the coming days as they're needed.

[ronscarpa]

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[Den56]

Gee . . . . did the rest of you catch the last sentence of this article ? . . .

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court (which may not even have jurisdiction over the issue) ruled last week that article 76 allows EITHER Maliki or Allawi to form the next government.

This is the first that I have this . . . that Maliki doesn't have to wait the 30 days for Allawi first.

[Florida123]

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Iraq's Federal Supreme Court (which may not even have jurisdiction over the issue) ruled last week that article 76 allows EITHER Maliki or Allawi to form the next government.

What does this mean?? Bad or good??!!