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| Ghazi al Yawar given presidency |
| 2004-06-01 |
| Governing Council leader Ghazi al Yawar has been given the job of Iraq’s new president.He was appointed after US-backed Adnan Pachachi turned the job down. The choice had been between 81-year-old Mr Pachachi and al Yawar but there had also been talk that a third surprise candidate may have been nominated. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has confirmed al Yawar as the choice. In Mosul, al Yawer’s hometown, crowds swept into the streets to celebrate the news, cheering and firing weapons into the air. American soldiers there appealed for calm. He will be supported by two vice presidents, who have been named as Ibrahim al Jaafari and Rowsch Shaways... Meanwhile the jihadis planned a welcome boom or two IRAQ BLASTS: 25 DEAD At least 25 people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, local police have said. The blasts took place near the headquarters of a Kurdish party, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Reports indicated that at least three security guards were among those killed. Police at the scene said that in addition to the deaths, at least 20 people had been wounded. Early reports had indicated that the attacks were centred on the Green Zone headquarters of the US-led Coalition. The Kurdish HQ is located near the Iraqi Foreign Ministry and an entrance to the Green Zone... |
| Posted by:Lux |
| #3 seriously, i am very hopeful about this govt. Allawi is a Shiite, but secularist, yet with good ties to Sistani. Yawer is a Sunni, not as secularist as Pachachi, but not as tied in to Brahimi and the Arab establishment either, and he has good ties to Shias and Kurds. A tribal leader, but with an engineering degree from Georgetown. the two vps - Jaafari - yeah im no fan of Dawa, but this isnt a real threatening position, and hes played by the rules so far, and hes balanced by the other VP, a Kurd. Youve to a Kurd as FM, and another as Dept PM for national security. THIS IS NOT a govt that will crack down on Kurdish rights. Some of the more junior cabinet members seem to be more technocrat types. And two women in the cabinet, if I count correctly. A major advance I think. Good luck to them, theyve got their work cut out for them. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-06-01 2:04:32 PM |
| #2 Wait till al jizz and company headline it "Jesuit trained man appointed Pres of Iraq" |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-06-01 11:17:44 AM |
| #1 This fellow Yawar, although a Sunni, has a number of Shiite members in the area he represents and has good relationships with them. Thats part of the reason why the GCouncil liked him. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-01 9:31:13 AM |