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Key Iraqi Security Ministries Sworn In
8.6.2006 |
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The Iraqi parliament has
approved Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's nominees for
the key government posts of defence and interior
ministers.
The two posts had remained vacant for nearly three
weeks due to wrangling between the main parties in
the governing Shia alliance.
Jawad Bulani, a Shia, is the new interior minister
and Abdul Qadir Obeidi, a Sunni, the defence
minister.
Shirwan Waili a Kurd, has also been approved as
minister of national security.
The nominees were approved by an overwhelming
majority and sworn in by the parliamentary speaker
after brief questioning by members of parliament.
Filling the posts was seen as vital in furthering
the government's efforts to fight the insurgency. |
Iraqi Prime minister Jawad al-Maliki
Photo:AP |
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Saddam opponent
Mr Obeidi, a general in the Iraqi army under Saddam
Hussein, told parliament that he had been demoted
for opposing the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
He said that he was forced to retire in 1992 and
detained two years later. He faced a military court
which ordered the confiscation of his house and
other assets.
Mr Obeidi insisted that he had no links to any Iraqi
political faction.
Mr Bulani was a member of Iraq's interim Governing
Council in 2004. He became a member of the Iraqi
parliament in 2005.
During the rule of Saddam Hussein he was an air
force engineer but left the armed forces in 1999.
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