Wall Street Journal: Iraqi Prime Minister Presents Cabinet

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BAGHDAD—Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who won a second mandate last month as part of a U.S.-backed power-sharing deal, presented his cabinet lineup to parliament Monday, taking the first major concrete step toward ending a grinding political crisis that consumed the country for more than nine months since the inconclusive March polls.

“I am very happy,” Mr. Maliki told reporters during a brief press conference with Osama al-Nujaifi, the parliament speaker.

Mr. Nujaifi said parliament will convene Tuesday to review and vote on Mr. Maliki’s next cabinet which, in addition to the premiership, will include 41 portfolios, the largest number in Iraq’s history.

Parliament will also take up discussion of the next government’s program according to Mr. Nujaifi.

Underscoring the rifts that continue to plague Iraq’s sectarian and ethnic political factions that will participate in the next government, several posts like the crucial defense and interior ministries will be filled by interim ministers for the time being because of disagreements over who would get them, according to Mr. Maliki.

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So many contradictions coming out of iraq, guess we got to stay grounded and see what happens.

[Pat]

Thanks for the post...Looks good for tomorrow.

[Logical1]

Thanks for the post!

[speedy1]

thats very interesting bein as all other earlier news articles say the opposite. And they say chinese arithmetic is hard

[TomballDinar]

This is from Currency Newshound, not WDJ as titled?