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Iraq Sunni bloc maintains opposition to Jaafari
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-10 14:51
Iraq's biggest Arab Sunni bloc told the main Shi'ite Alliance on Monday it
had made a final decision to reject Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister.
Shi'ite men hold a
demonstration to protest Friday's deadly mosque bombing in Baghdad April
8, 2006. Three suicide bombers dressed as women killed at least 71 people
at a Shi'ite mosque on Friday, the bloodiest attack in Iraq for at least
three months. The mosque belonged to SCIRI, the most powerful group inside
Iraq's ruling Shi'ite Alliance. [Reuters] |
Dhafir al-Ani, spokesman for the Iraqi Accordance Front, said the bloc had
informed the Alliance of "the continuation of our stand" to reject Jaafari.
The Alliance will hold internal talks on Monday and consult with Kurdish and
Sunni parties on the Jaafari issue, which has created deadlock over the
formation of a national unity government four months after parliamentary
elections.
The Shi'ite bloc has also been informed that the Kurdish alliance has made a
final decision to reject Jaafari.
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