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- Bush restated support for al-Maliki the day after expressing frustrationNPR: Bush Renews Support for Iraqi Government (Oct. 10, 2007)
- General elections held for new government in December of 2005
- Government handed over to al-Maliki in May, 2006
- Followed the Iraqi Transitional Government
- Iraqi politics strained by tension between Shiite and Sunni Muslims
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In August of 2007, President George W. Bush expressed frustration over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's failed efforts to reconcile conflicting interests among religious, ethnic, and political parties in Iraq. After a trip to the country in 2007, Senator Carl Levin said Iraq's Parliament should depose al-Maliki and the Prime Minister's cabinet.NPR: Bush Renews Support for Iraqi Government (Oct. 10, 2007)
Nouri al-Maliki Fast Facts
- Born: June 20, 1950
- Also known as: Jawal al-Maliki
- Religion: Shiite Muslim
- Lived in exile after Saddam Hussein banned his political party in 1980
- Attended Baghdad University
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Al-Maliki's Government Questions
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