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...room for optimism on that a score. As the race to be Iraq's prime minister rounds the final bend, the leaders are exactly the same group that jockeyed for the post after the first post-Saddam election: the incumbent, Ibrahim al-Jafaari; Iran's preferred candidate, Adil Abdul-Mahdi; current American favorite Iyad Allawi; and, the darkest of dark horses, one-time Pentagon favorite Ahmed Chalabi. Asked to handicap the race last January, a leading Iraqi political scientist was reminded of a bumper sticker from an old U.S. Presidential campaign: ?Thank God,? said Wamid Nadhmi, ?that only...
...building a coalition slate with prominent Kurds and Sunnis. And he has credibility-and contacts-with the less extreme elements of the Sunni insurgency. But Allawi has limited appeal among religious Shi'ites, and therefore the Bush Administration has hopes for two other possible leaders. One is Adil Abdul Mahdi, said to be among the more pragmatic religious Shi'ite leaders. And then there is Chalabi, who has built a formidable network of Shi'ite associates that includes the radical firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Of course, Chalabi has serious downsides as well-aside from the greasy residue...
...their last 11 meetings. Playing in heavy rain for the entire game, the teams combined for 11 fumbles, six by Bucknell. McDermott hit tight end Chris Mizell with a 15-yard touchdown pass 5:21 into the first quarter. Less than two minutes into the second, Bucknell quarterback Mahdi Woodard fumbled at his own eight-yard line and defensive back Greg Ambrogi fell on the loose ball in the end zone to make it 14-0. McDermott connected with Matt Carre on a 24-yard touchdown pass across the middle with 8:55 remaining in the half, and Penn scored...
...primarily in Baghdad, and his people in the capital could be cut off from significant oil revenues and patronage if federal regions, such as the one proposed in the south by al-Hakim, have more control over the nation's petrodollars. Last week's clashes between al-Sadr's Mahdi Army forces and Badr militiamen in Najaf and other southern cities was a result of long-simmering tensions between the two groups, who hope to control Iraq for their own ends...
...Swiss philosopher once said that when you open a school, you close a prison,” University of Baghdad Dean of Science Abdul Mahdi Taleb Rahmatalla said...