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Iraq's Prime Minister May Be Replaced
Jul 23, 2014 | 09:12 GMT
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki votes in parliamentary elections in April 2014.
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Summary
Nouri al-Maliki, the only prime minister Baghdad has known since the United States invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein, may soon lose his job as his country struggles to form a government. Like al-Maliki, Iraq's next head of state will almost certainly be beholden to Tehran, even as he manages an insurgency that threatens to tear the country apart.
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