Iraq: Maliki, Jaafari and the Premiershipnote

Former Iraqi PM Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, who now heads the Iraqi (Shiite) National Alliance (INA), is said to have received proposals by local and regional parties to join a drive to topple Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and take his place. The following 414-word report sheds light on the subject and who made the proposals to Al-Jaafari. It also tells what about the reaction of Al-Jaafari.