01/10/2010 Financial Times: Washington and Tehran agree to assume the presidency of Maliki's new government
LONDON (Agencies): According to the newspaper "Financial Times" on Friday that the United States and Iran, and they find common cause and a convergence of interests is rare in Iraq unanimously agreed on that outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his option is best suited to lead the next Iraqi government. The newspaper said "even the most influential external forces pushing in the same direction, but it has not yet been able to find a consensus on the local al-Maliki after six months on the parliamentary elections in Iraq."
She added that U.S. officials insisted they do not support any candidate who will work with the President of the new Iraqi government whatever, and also denied that the United States and Iran reached an agreement on the identity of the Iraqi prime minister the next.
The newspaper pointed out that Western diplomats say the United States, "al-Maliki is a Shi'ite candidate best suited, in a country populated mostly by Shi'ites, who dominated the political arena since the overthrow of the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003."
And attributed to a Western diplomat in Baghdad, and an embossed described as saying that "some believe that Maliki is the only Shiite strictly between Iraqi politicians based on the premise that Iraq needs a strong man to ensure security, and that U.S. support is in the form factor consolidate in the face of his opponents."
In parallel, the priority is Iran, according to the paper in the "preservation of the Shiite alliance in Iraq, which took power with the support after the 2005 elections, because the loss of al-Maliki for prime minister may lead to withdrawal and the withdrawal of his own Dawa party of the coalition."
And attributed the "Financial Times" to Peter Harling, an analyst at International Crisis Group said: "The continuity that serves the interests of the United States and Iran, despite the different reasons, because the former focuses on the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq by the end of next year and want to avoid political unrest in the country."
It also quoted Ali Dabbagh, spokesman for the Iraqi government ended its mandate as saying, "When a person gets the support of the Iranians and Americans, enemies who do not agree never to have something in common, it is a balance of large-Maliki, but the Iranians and Americans can impose any formula is applicable if the Iraqis do not want that. "
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LONDON (Agencies): According to the newspaper "Financial Times" on Friday that the United States and Iran, and they find common cause and a convergence of interests is rare in Iraq unanimously agreed on that outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his option is best suited to lead the next Iraqi government. The newspaper said "even the most influential external forces pushing in the same direction, but it has not yet been able to find a consensus on the local al-Maliki after six months on the parliamentary elections in Iraq."
She added that U.S. officials insisted they do not support any candidate who will work with the President of the new Iraqi government whatever, and also denied that the United States and Iran reached an agreement on the identity of the Iraqi prime minister the next.
The newspaper pointed out that Western diplomats say the United States, "al-Maliki is a Shi'ite candidate best suited, in a country populated mostly by Shi'ites, who dominated the political arena since the overthrow of the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003."
And attributed to a Western diplomat in Baghdad, and an embossed described as saying that "some believe that Maliki is the only Shiite strictly between Iraqi politicians based on the premise that Iraq needs a strong man to ensure security, and that U.S. support is in the form factor consolidate in the face of his opponents."
In parallel, the priority is Iran, according to the paper in the "preservation of the Shiite alliance in Iraq, which took power with the support after the 2005 elections, because the loss of al-Maliki for prime minister may lead to withdrawal and the withdrawal of his own Dawa party of the coalition."
And attributed the "Financial Times" to Peter Harling, an analyst at International Crisis Group said: "The continuity that serves the interests of the United States and Iran, despite the different reasons, because the former focuses on the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq by the end of next year and want to avoid political unrest in the country."
It also quoted Ali Dabbagh, spokesman for the Iraqi government ended its mandate as saying, "When a person gets the support of the Iranians and Americans, enemies who do not agree never to have something in common, it is a balance of large-Maliki, but the Iranians and Americans can impose any formula is applicable if the Iraqis do not want that. "
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