U.S. Signals Iraq’s Maliki Should Go

U.S. Signals Iraq’s Maliki Should Go - WSJ
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Après les Egyptiens, les Irakiens se mettent à l’école de la démocratie.

The Obama administration is signaling that it wants a new government in Iraq without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, convinced the Shiite leader is unable to reconcile with the nation’s Sunni minority and stabilize a volatile political landscape.

Mr. Maliki’s State of Law coalition won a plurality of seats, 92 out of 328, in Iraq’s parliamentary elections [avril 2014]. The country is waiting for ratification of the results, after which the parliamentary speaker will call on the leadership of Mr. Maliki’s party to form a new government.

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U.S. Signals Iraq’s Maliki Should Go
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The Obama administration is signaling that it wants a new government in Iraq without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, convinced the Shiite leader is unable to reconcile with the nation’s Sunni minority and stabilize a volatile political landscape.

The U.S. administration is indicating it wants Iraq’s political parties to form a new government without Mr. Maliki as he tries to assemble a ruling coalition following elections this past April, U.S. officials say.

Such a new government, U.S., officials say, would include the country’s Sunni and Kurdish communities and could help to stem Sunni support for the al Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, that has seized control of Iraqi cities over the past two weeks. That, the officials argue, would help to unify the country and reverse its slide into sectarian division.