Former Iraq parliament speaker says to step aside so Maliki can go

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Former Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, a major political foe of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said he would **t **minate himself for a**ther term to make it easier for the Shi'ite political parties to replace the premier. "I appreciate the demands of the brothers in the National Alliance who see that Maliki will insist on holding on to the premiership if I **minate myself for speaker of the Council of the Representatives," he said, according to a text of the speech published on his Facebook page late on Thursday. The National Alliance is a bloc comprising the country's biggest Shi'ite parties, including both Maliki's list and his foes. Iraqi politicians have been deadlocked over the formation of a new government despite pressure from the United States, Iran, the United Nations, and Iraq's own Shi'ite clerics to overcome their differences to face a major insurgency.

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