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Iraq |
Iraqi PM 'prepared to step down' |
2006-03-17 |
![]() Mr Jaafari says it will be finally up to Parliament to make a decision. "I didn't get here as part of a deal. So I can't be pushed aside as part of a deal. It is my people who have chosen me. It will be up to Parliament to decide," he said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Even if he resigns there is a danger that al-Jaafari would get an important administrative cabinet post and mess that up. What Jaafari could do reasonably well would be Ambassador to Iran or some sort of special duty foreign minister. |
Posted by: mhw 2006-03-17 13:38 |
#2 I'll second that flirt. While myself was less hard on Jaafari than some here a few months ago, the continued evidence of his close ties to Sadr, and his poor handling of the mosque crisis, have led me to believe that a coalition of SCIRI with the Kurds and Sunnis, headed by SCIRI pol Al Mahdi (unfortunate name, I know) would be more promising than anything headed by Jaafari. More importantly, it would show the way to Shiite-Sunni cooperation. |
Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-03-17 09:01 |
#1 This could be a promising development, depending upon the follow-through and the proffered replacement of course. Jaafari has an altogether too generous view of himself. |
Posted by: Flirt Ebboting9253 2006-03-17 06:26 |