Shifting Alliances

Forcing Maliki out of his job, ctd.

Gregg Carlstrom | August 24, 2009 1:32 PM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

Bloomberg has some more detail on the alleged ISCI/Sadr alliance. It was announced today at a press conference called by Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the former Iraqi prime minister. Also at the press conference were Adel Abdel Mahdi, an ISCI member, and Ahmed Chalabi, everyone's favorite ideologically-flexible Iraqi politician.

Notably absent: Anyone from the Sadrist movement.

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Categories: Iraq, Politics, Regional News

Tags: Adel Abdel Mahdi, Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr

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