| Aljazeera reports that a small Shia Islamist party has said it is pulling out of talks on forming a new Iraqi government, complaining of US interference. The withdrawal of the Fadhila party on Friday, part of the predominantly Shia United Alliance bloc, may help to end a struggle over the important post of oil minister. A spokesman told Aljazeera that the party was withdrawing because it felt the selection of ministers was being dictated by personal interests, not national unity. "We will not return to the negotiating table, and we have announced our final position. We withdraw from the formation of the government, and we will stay in parliament to express the voice of the people," Sabah al-Saadi, a party spokesman, said on Friday. |