Saturday, October 09, 2010
Kurd: Deal may be closer to ending political deadlock
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi political leaders took a step closer Friday to unsnarling the nation's seven-month political gridlock, according to a key Kurdish negotiator who cited a tentative deal that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.
The possible agreement with Kurdish parties would give al-Maliki's Shiite-led coalition enough parliament seats to begin the potentially thorny process of picking a Cabinet.
But any such pact is sure to anger Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs who face being alienated in the new government despite backing the winning political alliance in March parliamentary elections.
In exchange for their support, the Kurdish envoy said al-Maliki has promised to push ahead on an issue that is the Kurds' top priority - laying the groundwork for helping Kurdish people legally reclaim lands they were pushed out of during Saddam Hussein's brutal Arabization campaign of the 1980s.
http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/10/09/World_Briefs/
Kurd: Deal may be closer to ending political deadlock
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi political leaders took a step closer Friday to unsnarling the nation's seven-month political gridlock, according to a key Kurdish negotiator who cited a tentative deal that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power.
The possible agreement with Kurdish parties would give al-Maliki's Shiite-led coalition enough parliament seats to begin the potentially thorny process of picking a Cabinet.
But any such pact is sure to anger Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs who face being alienated in the new government despite backing the winning political alliance in March parliamentary elections.
In exchange for their support, the Kurdish envoy said al-Maliki has promised to push ahead on an issue that is the Kurds' top priority - laying the groundwork for helping Kurdish people legally reclaim lands they were pushed out of during Saddam Hussein's brutal Arabization campaign of the 1980s.
http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/10/09/World_Briefs/
