Iraq’s main Shiite alliance, which holds a parliamentary majority, said it will back Nouri al-Maliki to become the next prime minister, despite US threats to end all support to the country.
On Saturday, the Coordination Framework said it “reiterates its support for its nominee“. “Choosing the prime minister is an exclusively Iraqi constitutional matter … free from foreign interference,” it said. (AFP)
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