FishBone Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Check out this article!!!! http://www.rferl.org/content/Key_Iraqi_Bloc_Signals_Readiness_To_Compromise_In_Coalition_Talks/2203256.html 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdani5 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 GOOD READ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maynard57 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Good find, fishbone. Maynard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All-In-4-RV Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Good Find! Great News! The best post I've read all week! What'a cheer me up Fishbone! Muchas Gracias! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank61 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Check out this article!!!! http://www.rferl.org/content/Key_Iraqi_Bloc_Signals_Readiness_To_Compromise_In_Coalition_Talks/2203256.html Great post. It seems we are really starting to get somewhere with this govt !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBone Posted October 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 (edited) October 27, 2010 BAGHDAD -- Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Al-Iraqiyah bloc, which won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections, says it is prepared to compromise for the sake of ending the deadlock and forming a new government, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports. Leading Al-Iraqiyah member Jamal al-Battikh told RFE/RL on October 26 that his bloc no longer insisted on the post of prime minister and will settle for president. He said Al-Iraqiyah had also dropped its objections to incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki serving a second term. He recalled that Allawi "has made it clear he is willing to bend, so long as such a gesture is in the interests of the Iraqi people." Battikh added that "we do not want another seven months of stalemate, with the various factions sticking to their intransigent positions." Iraqi political parties have failed to agree on the composition of a new government since parliamentary elections on March 7 in which three parties had strong showings. But Muhsin al-Sadun, a senior member of the Kurdish bloc, said on October 26 that the Kurds' demand to retain the presidential post is unchanged, and incumbent Jalal Talabani remains their sole candidate. But he added that the Kurdish bloc cannot prevent someone from running against Talabani when the new parliament convenes to vote for a president. Khalid al-Asadi, a senior official in the National Alliance comprising the two main Shi'ite blocs -- Maliki's State of Law and Islamic cleric Ammar al-Hakim's Iraqi National Alliance -- said that the alliance was still keen to include Al-Iraqiyah in any government it formed. But he said that "if they choose to be in the opposition, the National Alliance will press ahead without them. Nevertheless, the new government will be representative of all Iraqi communities." Asadi predicted that "the political deadlock will end next week at the latest, as the parliament is obliged to meet to elect a new speaker within two weeks." Iraq's Supreme Court on October 24 ordered the country's parliament back to work, ruling that the deadlock that has dragged on for more than seven months is unconstitutional. Many Iraqis hope the court ruling will serve as a catalyst to expedite negotiations between the various factions. Edited October 28, 2010 by FishBone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR8Man Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Thank you for this update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveI Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Check out this article!!!! http://www.rferl.org/content/Key_Iraqi_Bloc_Signals_Readiness_To_Compromise_In_Coalition_Talks/2203256.html Very nice article. Thank you and God Bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-Duck Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 I think we are at the point of saying "seeing it is believing it". Thanks for the post Fishbone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captjohn Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Check out this article!!!! http://www.rferl.org/content/Key_Iraqi_Bloc_Signals_Readiness_To_Compromise_In_Coalition_Talks/2203256.html By tomorrow we'll read another article with Maliki saying" I don't need his endorsement, he can shove it". After all, they learn from the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfv Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Leading Al-Iraqiyah member Jamal al-Battikh told RFE/RL on October 26 that his bloc no longer insisted on the post of prime minister and will settle for president. Great article... Janine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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