Iraq breaks impasse; Maliki to form govt
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite Nuri al-Maliki was re-nominated as Iraqi prime minister on Thursday as fractious politicians ended an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian warfare. Iraq’s newly elected Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi (C) chairs the new Iraqi Parliament session in Baghdad, November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani) A pact on top government posts reached late on Wednesday brought together Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds in a power-sharing arrangement similar to the last Iraqi government, and could help prevent a slide back into the sectarian bloodshed that raged after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In a sign of turbulent relations between the partners,…
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