Iraqi Politics According to the Goddess of Fertility and Watermelon Beauty………..
“Ali al-Dabbagh, candidate from a branch of al-Maliki’s State of Law alliance warned of what he called regional challenges which can destroy the hopes and aspirations of the Iraqi voter. He stressed the necessity of an alliance between his own and the INA (ISCI, Sadrists, etc) in order to face these challenges. He renewd the readiness of the al-Maliki coalition to form alliances, although he excluded alliances that have part of their program a role for regional interference in Iraq. (He means the Allawi group)…….”
“Jamal Batteekh (his name means Watermelon Beauty in Arabic) Official of the Iraqiya (Allawi) alliance said that close election results for the four main indicate the need for formation of a wide political front. He stressed the need for improving relations with neighboring countries (i.e Saud Arabia) that had deteriorated in recent years………..”
“Spokesman for the Kurdistan Alliance, Farid Rawanduzi, announced that president Jalal Talibani will return to Baghdad from Suleymanieh and that the State of Law and the INA (Shi’a) are the closest to the Kurdish group although the Kurds are open to deals with all……….”
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