Shiites select Al-Jaafari as prime minister.

From: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: February 12, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Nancy A. Youssef

BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Shiite lawmakers Sunday named interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a devout Iranian-backed politician, to be their new prime minister.

The move solidifies Iraq's transition to a religiously based democratic government, although Sunnis, Kurds and sectarian Iraqis all faulted the choice. Many feel al-Jaafari did too little to quell Iraq's growing sectarianism and violence and failed to rebuild the country's crumbli...

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