Stout Hearted Man
06-19-2010, 09:40 PM
Source: Reuters
18 Jun 2010 14:04:42 GMT
BAGHDAD, June 18 (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi Shi'ite cleric called on Friday for politicians to speed up efforts to form a government after an inconclusive election in March, and said all factions should be included in the talks.
Abdul-Mahdi al-Kerbalai, who was speaking during Friday prayers in the holy city of Kerbala, is a representative of Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and often delivers sermons for him.
No party won the March 7 parliamentary election outright, but a cross-sectarian alliance heavily backed by minority Sunnis came out two seats ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led State of Law coalition...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65H17D.htm
18 Jun 2010 14:04:42 GMT
BAGHDAD, June 18 (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi Shi'ite cleric called on Friday for politicians to speed up efforts to form a government after an inconclusive election in March, and said all factions should be included in the talks.
Abdul-Mahdi al-Kerbalai, who was speaking during Friday prayers in the holy city of Kerbala, is a representative of Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and often delivers sermons for him.
No party won the March 7 parliamentary election outright, but a cross-sectarian alliance heavily backed by minority Sunnis came out two seats ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led State of Law coalition...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE65H17D.htm