Iraq: Sadr, Maliki and the Premiershipnote

Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr is said to have agreed to support PM Nouri Al-Maliki for the Iraqi Premiership, but not without conditions. The following 414-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about Al-Sadr’s conditions. It also tells what about the talks between Al-Maliki and the Fadhila Party on the oil portfolio in the new government.