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Iraq's Prime Minister May Be Replaced

Jul 23, 2014 | 09:12 GMT

Iraq's Prime Minister May Be Replaced
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki votes in parliamentary elections in April 2014.

(ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)

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. 

Iran now has the motivation to endorse another candidate in Baghdad -- naturally, one who is beholden to Tehran....

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