{"id":3135,"date":"2007-08-16T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/looks-like-the-iraqi-pm-is-wor.html"},"modified":"2007-08-16T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-16T10:22:00","slug":"looks-like-the-iraqi-pm-is-wor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/looks-like-the-iraqi-pm-is-wor.html","title":{"rendered":"Looks like the Iraqi PM is working over his summer break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To try to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070816\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/iraq\">put together a working coalition<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Iraqi prime minister and president announced a new alliance of moderate Shiites and Kurds in a push to save the crumbing government Thursday, saying a key Sunni bloc refused to join but the door remained open to them.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe political agreement reached by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was the first step to unblock political stagnation that has gripped his Shiite-led government since it first took power in May 2006. But the announcement after three days of intense negotiations was disappointing because it did not include Iraq&#8217;s Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and his moderate Iraqi Islamic Party.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nAt the news conference announcing the political accord, President Jalal Talabani and al-Maliki were flanked by the leader of the northern autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, and Shiite Vice President Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi.<br \/>\nThe four men signed a three-page agreement they said ensures them a majority in the 275-member parliament that would allow action on legislation demanded by the U.S.<br \/>\nTalabani, a Kurd, said al-Hashemi refused the invitation to join in the new political grouping but &#8220;the door is still open to them and they are welcome at any time.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To try to put together a working coalition: The Iraqi prime minister and president announced a new alliance of moderate Shiites and Kurds in a push to save the crumbing government Thursday, saying a key Sunni bloc refused to join but the door remained open to them. 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