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Iraq: letting Iran call the shots

By Amir Taheri

Posted: 10:14 PM, October 17, 2010

The New York Post

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Iraq:  letting Iran call the shots

When he first became prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki acted the reluctant debutante. "I wish they would let me retire to attend my literary interests," he told me with a tinge of sincerity.

Almost five years later, Maliki seems set to strike a Faustian bargain to cling to power: He is ready to dine with the devil -- and not even using a long spoon.

No one has built a majority coalition in the months since the parliamentary elections in March, allowing him to remain as prime minister. But he now he appears on the verge of finally forming a government.

"Maliki:
AP
Maliki: Striking devil's deal to keep power.


    
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