|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Iraq's Dance: Maliki, Sadr and Sunnis
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Issue
|
| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 28, 2008 11:22am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | News |
| Media | Weekly News Magazine - TIME Magazine |
| News Date | Friday, April 25, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Friday, Apr. 25, 2008
By MARK KUKIS/BAGHDAD
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's most recent announcement saying the country's main Sunni political bloc was ready to rejoin the government at first blush appeared routine. Maliki has been saying this for months, though no tangible progress toward reseating members of the National Accordance Front in Iraq's ministries has emerged. But next week's negotiations between Maliki and Tariq al-Hashemi, the Sunni vice president and National Accordance Front leader, come as the political landscape is shifting in ways that may undo the longstanding sectarian deadlock. The Sunnis had five portfolios in the Maliki cabinet, but they boycotted it nine months ago. Now, they are thinking of returning not only because Maliki is providing amnesty to a number of Sunni prisoners but because he has has taken on their nemesis — the Mahdi Army led by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. At the same time, however, the Sadr-Maliki conflict may cast Iraq into a deeper and more lasting crisis. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
