Iraq Nominates New Leader as Defiant Maliki Musters Troops
Iraq’s president on Monday nominated Haider al-Abadi, a member of the government’s Shiite coalition, as the country’s next prime minister, setting off a potential clash with Nouri al-Maliki, the current prime minister, who has demanded to remain in power.
The Iraqi president, Fouad Massoum, who is charged with forming a new government is expected to formally announce Mr. Abadi’s nomination later on Monday. The move is likely to deepen tensions in Baghdad because Mr. Maliki has continued to insist he had the right to form the government because he commanded the largest bloc in the Iraqi Parliament. On Sunday, a defiant Mr. Maliki mustered Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s government center, known as the Green Zone, in a show of force meant to intimidate Mr. Massoum and other leading political figures.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/world/middleeast/iraq.html?emc=edit_na_20140811
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