Government To Make Limited Progress

Although Iraq's major political blocs came to a power-sharing agreement on November 10 that will allow them to form a new government, we maintain our view that significant political challenges are still ahead. In an attempt to satisfy all the major parties, the Shi'a-dominated National Alliance, Kurdish alliance, and Sunni-backed Iraqiya groups agreed to give the prime minister position to incumbent Nouri al-Maliki (a Shi'a), the presidency to Jalal Talabani (a Kurd), and the parliamentary speaker post to Osama al-Nujaifi (a Sunni Arab).

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