Al-Jaafari named Shiite prime minister candidate

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: February 23, 2005| Author: John F. Burns and Dexter Filkins New York Times News Service | Copyright information

BAGHDAD -- Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite doctor with an Islamist bent, was chosen Tuesday by the victorious Shiite alliance as its candidate to become Iraq's new prime minister. The decision may well open a period of protracted and rancorous negotiations with a coalition of secular leaders intent on sharply curtailing al- Jaafari's powers or blocking him and his clerical-backed coalition.

Ayad Allawi, the current prime minister, and Barham Salih, a Kurdish politician and deputy prime mi...

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