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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (center) greets lawmakers at the first session of the newly elected parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Osama Al-Nujaifi speaks to the media in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 25, 2013. (AP)
Osama Al-Nujaifi: Iraq’s Future President?
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Politics in Iraq is not the art of the possible. Rather, Iraqi politics is closer to the art of the impossible, an all-or-nothing game that offers players the chance to either reach the pinnacle of political power, or see their ambitions...Caption:
Iraqi Hezbollah scouts parade with a portrait of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they mark Al-Quds Day or Jerusalem Day in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Khomeini image sparks brawl in Iraqi parliament
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi parliamentary speaker Osama Al-Nujaifi was forced to adjourn a parliamentary session yesterday after a fight broke out between two MPs. A physical confrontation took place between Iraqiya bloc MP Haidar Al-Mulla and Sadirist movement MP...Caption:
Osama Al-Nujayfi,the speaker of the Iraqi parliament
Osama Al-Nujaifi: The View from Baghdad
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Osama Al-Nujaifi, the speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and a leading figure in Al-Iraqiya coalition led by Iyad Allawi, was once among the most optimistic of Iraqi leaders and officials about the direction of the country’s...Caption:
Iraq’s cabinet approved the $118.6 billion budget in October, but infighting between Shi’ite, Sunni and Kurdish factions repeatedly scuttled attempts by lawmakers to pass the draft legislation in parliament. (AFP)