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Iraq parliament elects nominee of pro-Iran list as speaker
BAGHDAD, Sept 15, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The Iraqi parliament elected the nominee
of a pro-Iran list as speaker on Saturday, signalling that it is likely to
have the votes to lead the next government.
Mohammed al-Halbusi was governor of the Sunni-majority province of Anbar,
one of the main battlegrounds of the war against the Islamic State group,
until he was elected to parliament on a local list in May.
In Iraq, the speaker of parliament is always Sunni Arab while the prime
minister is picked from the Shiite majority and the president is a Kurd.
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