Iraq selects Talaban president

[sarettah]

Talaban, Talabani, who cares.................


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...=top_world_news (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=amBpQLy1Zbhk&refer=top_world_news)

Iraq Parliament Elects Jalal Talabani as President (Update5)
April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq's National Assembly today named Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's first democratically elected president in more than 50 years, breaking a two-month deadlock on forming a new government.

The appointment resolves differences over power sharing between the United Iraqi Alliance, which won the most seats in the Jan. 30 vote, and the second-placed Kurdish Alliance. Shiite Interim Finance Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi and former Sunni President Sheik Ghazi al-Yawar were chosen as Talabani's two deputies.

``This is the new Iraq where no sect or minority controls the whole country and where all the people are unified,'' Speaker of the House and Interim Industry Minister Hajem al-Hassani said in a live broadcast of the session aired by al-Jazeera.

[Rolo]

And so continues the democracy process in Iraq... This year will be very interesting :)

[JoesHO]

it is al a ruse, just like the taliban used to fool russia into thinking it had given up in the 80's, they just want the US out, so they have came together to remove that part of it...

once the US is gone look for more fighting to erupt.

[Mike AI]

Another historic first!

:okthumb:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Apr 7 2005, 10:31 AM
Another historic first!

:okthumb:
How is this a historic first... Perhaps you missed this part "the country's first democratically elected president in more than 50 years" which means that somewhere over 50 years ago they had a democratically elected president.

:blink:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 7 2005, 10:54 AM

How is this a historic first...
First Kurd.

[JR]

where is RawAlex when we need him?

:lol:

[Mike AI]

Originally posted by JR@Apr 7 2005, 11:43 AM
where is RawAlex when we need him?

:lol:


I think Sarattah is channeling his spirit!