Tuesday, February 22, 2005
White smoke in Iraq
Interim Iraqi Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen as his Shiite ticket's candidate for prime minister Tuesday after Ahmad Chalabi dropped his bid, senior alliance officials said.
On the surface, this looks like a defeat for Iran, for which Chalabi is alleged to shill. What's below the surface?
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Final Historian, at
Tue Feb 22, 02:06:00 PM:
Well, if I remember correctly, Chalabi was the more secular of the two. Its probably too early to tell how this will pan out.
