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azinorum -> We need Ayad Alawi (4/13/2007 10:02:17 AM)
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I believe its a suitable time to ask who will be the right replacement for this current mehzela of a government. Guess who I think is the right man for the job! Former Iraqi prime minister says security plan needs reconciliation to succeed The Associated Press - Published: April 8, 2007 MUSCAT, Oman: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Sunday the U.S.-Iraqi security plan needs political reconciliation and a general amnesty to succeed. Allawi was in Oman as part of a regional tour to push for Iraq's minority Sunni Muslims to have a greater role in the country's government, which is dominated by Shiites. "A national political reconciliation, abolition of the exceptional laws that hurt the people and damaged their unity and a general amnesty are needed to make the security plan succeed," Allawi said after meeting with senior Omani officials. But Allawi stressed that the security plan has not been a failure. "We believe it is an advanced step, but it is certainly not enough without a real national reconciliation," he said. Allawi, who became Iraq's first post-Saddam prime minister, argues that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his government have made little headway reconciling with Sunnis who dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Many suspect Allawi, a Shiite, wants to have another go at the premiership. But he is unlikely to be able to form the necessary parliamentary coalition to retake the post because most Shiite lawmakers disagree with his secular views. His tour of several Arab countries, which also included Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, aims at building regional Arab support for a push to improve the situation in Iraq through reconciliation with the country's Sunni sect, from which most of the insurgents have sprung up. A statement issued Friday by al-Maliki's office said the prime minister ordered pension payments for senior officers of Saddam's military and offered a return to service for lower-ranking soldiers, a major step aimed at defusing the Sunni insurgency and meeting U.S. benchmarks for his government.
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