Irak

[ThomasWach]

Mal etwas zur innenpolitischen Lage und zu den Auseinandersetzungen innerhalb der Schiiten um die Benennung des Premiers:

Radical cleric's influence grows in Iraq
By Robert F. Worth and Sabrina Tavernise The New York Times

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

Late Saturday night, on the eve of a crucial vote to choose Iraq's next prime minister, a senior Iraqi politician's cellphone rang. A supporter of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr was on the line with a threat.

"He said that there's going to be a civil war among the Shia" if Sadr's preferred candidate was not confirmed, the politician said.

Less than 12 hours later, and after many similar calls to top Shiite leaders, Sadr got his wish. The widely favored candidate lost by one vote, and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the interim prime minister, was anointed as Iraq's next leader. "Everyone was stunned; it was a coup d'état," said the politician, a senior member of the main Shiite political coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance.
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