Iraq’s political leaders meet in bid to break deadlock
Tuesday, November 09, 2010 – Powered by –> Yahya Barzanji Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq: Leaders of Iraq’s major political blocs met Monday for the first time since March elections in a new push to break the eight-month deadlock over forming a new government. Car bombs struck three predominantly Shiite Muslim cities and killed at least 21 people, a stark reminder that insurgents remain determined to destabilize the country. The 90-minute meeting in the northern town of Irbil was the start of three days of negotiations that could signal the deeply divided political blocs are close to a power-sharing agreement in which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would keep his job. However, officials…
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