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| Iraq | |
| Sadr to join forces with Maliki's party | |
| 2009-02-14 | |
Iraq's senior cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has suggested his anti-US movement could return to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shia alliance. "If there is an intention to reform policies and put in new systems and controls that are not ethnic or sectarian or partisan and include all political powers ... we are with this idea," Sadr said in a Friday prayers message read out in mosques.
That'd be us, of course. The remarks follow Iraq's January 31 provincial elections, in which Sadr-backed candidates became the second-largest party next to Maliki's allies in several provinces, including the capital Baghdad. Sadr's comments echo a call the premier following the polls, in which he urged political parties to work together to strengthen provincial councils and help rebuild the war-torn country. "The hearts of Iraqis no longer have patience with the lack of services" in the country, Sadr said. "Alliances should not be with the former sectarian power that has brought us previous wars and hunger, and should also avoid the powers that tend towards the former regime," he added. The Free Independent Movement, backed by Sadr, has said that it may return to the United Iraqi Alliance, which includes Maliki's Dawa party, under the conditions. In September 2007, 32 Sadrist lawmakers quitted the United Iraqi Alliance, complaining that Maliki had stopped seeking their consultation after a dispute over a timeline for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Maybe he'll come home for spring break. Anyone seen his grades? What's the situation with the scholarship? Does he have a letter-sweater yet? If not, why not? Also: 19 |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-14 10:25 |
| #1 of course, Mooky is still hiding in Iran, right? P*ssy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-14 08:07 |