Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's rebel-turned-PM

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https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fc_Gr**iKtVfcqWmuN6oMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/7f9c9d04b07ba83ff30b6b30fc0cc80eee32386b.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/nuri-al-maliki-iraqs-rebel-turned-pm-172535301.html)Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's tough-talking but uncharismatic rebel-turned-leader, looked set to remain prime minister after results on Monday from April's general election put his party in the lead. Maliki's State of Law alliance won 92 out of 328 seats in parliament, with other blocs tallying between 19 and 29 seats, meaning he will need his rivals' support in order to keep the top job. Throughout, he has been seen as a rarity agreeable to both the United States, Iraq's former occupier, and Iran, its powerful Shiite-majority neighbour. Former US president George W. Bush has called Maliki "a good man with a difficult job", and Maliki himself has said he is "a friend of the United States, but... **t America's man in Iraq".




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