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February 20, 2005
Chalabi my ass
Am I the only one who finds it highly amusing that all these US media outlets are claiming Chalabi has a shot at the Prime Minister spot? Considering his approval rating is lower than Saddam, I'm not so sure.
Apparently, the Chalabi spin machine has not reached Arabic News:
The Iraqi coalition which is supported by the Shiite clergy Ayatullah al-Seistani chose the deputy Iraqi Vice President and chairman of the Islamic Dawa party in Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jafaari, to assume the post of the new prime minister. The decision will be issued within 48 hours.Mrs. Jinan al-Obeidi, the woman candidate for the list of this coalition said that "after discussions with other lists, Dr. al-Jaafari was selected for the post of the prime minister." It explained that the other candidate to assume this post the minister of finance Adel Abdul Mahdi gave up this post to al-Jaafari.
Al-Jafaari deputy in the Islamic call party Adnan Ali stressed that this decision will be officially announced "during two or three days."
Latest word is that delays in the announcement are on account of the uniquely timed resignation of Negroponte to assume his place as NID.
Al-Hayat reports that a decision on the new prime minister will not be announced until at least Wednesday. The decision was postponed in part because of Ashura, and in part because of the difficulty in getting a "green light" from Washington in the wake of Ambassador John Negroponte's appointment as intelligence czar. US news sources have not spoken as openly of the need for a green light from Washington, but al-Hayat's sources are frank about it. This frankness agrees with the comment made by one embassy official that Iraq cannot select a prime minister who is unacceptable to Washington.
Posted by Mike at February 20, 2005 11:10 PM
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