Ayad Allawi represented a future that still looked like what the United States imagined when it first invaded: a secular democracy, free of ethnic and religious strife. But then his flaws — and America’s endless mistakes — took that future away.

Read more:
Iraq’s Last Patriot

A frustrated Ayad Allawi has made a deal with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to accept a position in the new government so long as the Iraqi government follows through on a deal from the U.S. to create a “power-sharing” coalition…

See the article here:
‘Power-Sharing’ Deal in Iraq

Ayad Allawi’s grudging indication on Wednesday that he would join the new government seemed to remove the last obstacle for the prime minister.

Visit link:
Rival Accepts Deal, Clearing Path for Maliki to Rule in Iraq