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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 12 > Iraqi lawmakers delay naming new speaker

Iraqi lawmakers delay naming new speaker


January 12, 2009

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi parliament delayed the selection of a new speaker on Sunday as Sunni lawmakers squabbled over which Sunni faction should get the post.

For the past three years, the position has been held by a Sunni under an informal arrangement that allocated the top political jobs....

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