Kurds and Shiites Near Deal
Posted on | March 13, 2005 |
It looks as if Iraqi Kurds will be a part of a coalition government.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kurdish leaders said they were near a final agreement Sunday with the majority Shiites to form a coalition government when Iraq’s first democratically elected parliament in modern history convenes later this week.
Further talks are slated in Baghdad on Monday. The deal calls for Jalal Talabani, a Kurdish leader, to be named president. Conservative Islamic Dawa party leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari, of the Shiite majority, would become prime minister.
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