Nuri al-Maliki is bidding for a third term as Iraqi premier on Wednesday without any obvious challenger, in marked contrast to the 2010 election when he faced an ex-premier in a tight race. "For Maliki, it is a matter of life or death," said Aziz Jabr, a political science professor at Baghdad's Mustansiriyah University. Though **t codified, Iraq's leaders have established a de facto agreement whereby the prime minister is a Shiite, the president a Kurd, and the speaker of parliament a Sunni Arab. Wednesday's parliamentary election, the first since US troops pulled out in late 2011, comes with violence at its worst since Iraq's brutal sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites in 2006-2008, and with anti-government fighters in control of the town of Fallujah a short drive from Baghdad.
04-28-2014, 08:12 PM
Iraq PM faces fractured opposition in reelection bid
Nuri al-Maliki is bidding for a third term as Iraqi premier on Wednesday without any obvious challenger, in marked contrast to the 2010 election when he faced an ex-premier in a tight race. "For Maliki, it is a matter of life or death," said Aziz Jabr, a political science professor at Baghdad's Mustansiriyah University. Though **t codified, Iraq's leaders have established a de facto agreement whereby the prime minister is a Shiite, the president a Kurd, and the speaker of parliament a Sunni Arab. Wednesday's parliamentary election, the first since US troops pulled out in late 2011, comes with violence at its worst since Iraq's brutal sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites in 2006-2008, and with anti-government fighters in control of the town of Fallujah a short drive from Baghdad.
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