Maliki to form new coalition

Gregg Carlstrom | September 25, 2009 3:00 PM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

Nouri al-Maliki announced today that he's breaking away from the Iraqi National Alliance and forming his own "State of Law" coalition in January's election.

No surprise here: Conventional wisdom for the last month has been that Maliki would strike out on his own after the ISCI-Sadrist alliance refused to anoint him as its chosen prime minister. The new coalition sets up an intra-Shi'a battle in January.

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Tags: Iraqi National Alliance, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, State of Law

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