Breakthrough in Government Talks (Allawi gets national security post)

[Barrett808]

Breakthrough in Government Talks
Prospects of national unity government raised by Allawi’s inclusion - but disputes over allocation of ministerial posts continue to dog negotiations.
By Daud Salman in Baghdad (ICR No. 175, 4-May-06)

The new Iraqi government will include the former prime minister Ayad Allawi, considered key to creation of a national unity administration, IWPR has been told.

Political leaders have remained tight-lipped about the negotiations over which political bloc will hold which ministerial post in the new cabinet.

But United Iraqi Alliance member Abbas al-Bayati confirmed to IWPR that the government will include Allawi and members of his Iraqi National List.

Iraqi National List member Mahdi al-Hafez also confirmed that Allawi will become secretary-general of the national security council, a 19-member committee of the country's top leaders that will oversee security and economic policy.

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http://www.iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=f&o=261514&apc_state=henh

[Dhalgren]

1. Well, that seals it. There will be no end to the civil war in Iraq.

Allawi is a US tool and a war criminal. His "Iraqi National List" party holds very few seats in parliament. The only reason he was included in any position of power has got to be to appease the US.
This will ensure that the insurgency continues and may even expand to draw in the Shiites, outright. Allawi is a Saddam wannabe, nothing else...

[shadowknows69]

2. How many new Iraqi governments have there been now?

I wonder if the Iraqi people even have a clue who their leaders are. Oh that's right they just have to look at "Bush Palace" to remind them.