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Metternich in Baghdad
in the midst of Iraq's post-election political stalemate, Assad relayed a message to Tehran from Maliki's archrival, Ayad Allawi, requesting support for an alternative compromise candidate. The Iranians, of course, rebuffed Allawi's request, but only after from Foreign Policy Read more »
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Previewing Iraq's provincial elections
stalwart nationalists like Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq. The Iraqiya bloc of his main rival, former prime minister Ayad Allawi (a secular Shiite), has splintered, with the current speaker of parliament, Osama Nujaifi, and the former finance minister, from Foreign Policy Read more »
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My country has no future
be traced to Washington’s long, brutal, and destructive occupation, beginning with the installation of former CIA asset Ayad Allawi as interim prime minister. His hold on power quickly faltered, however, after he was used by the Americans to launch their second from Salon Read more »
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10 years after Iraq invasion, Sunnis who backed Saddam chafe under Shiite rule
the way he conducted himself after the elections of 2010, when he agreed to head an all-party government with his chief rival, Ayad Allawi, a Shiite who nevertheless had wide Sunni backing. Instead of governing jointly with Allawi, however, Maliki took charge from KansasCity.com Read more »
