Waldo da Magnificent Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Iraqi interior minister asked to resign because he is a Shiite Muslim. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4692930/ Iraq's interior minister resigns Al-Badran says he is quitting at request of U.S. administrator Nuri al-Badran The Associated Press Updated: 8:37 a.m. ET April 08, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's interior minister, in charge of security forces, announced his resignation on Thursday at the request of top U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer to maintain the Shiite-Sunni balance in the government. Nuri al-Badran, a Shiite Muslim, noted that the defense minister is also a Shiite and said he wanted to maintain a balance of Iraq's religious groups on the Cabinet. He quoted Bremer as telling him, "That will cause an imbalance, and we in the coalition cannot accept that. The solution is for you to step down from your position." "I consider myself to have resigned," al-Badran told reporters. The resignation comes as U.S.-led coalition forces are battling an uprising across the south by a Shiite militia led by a radical cleric. Iraqi police, who are under al-Badran's command, have largely stood aside as militiamen seized control in several cities. It was not immediately known if al-Badran's resignation was connected to the police performance. © 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 OKay, this story states two different things. He was asked to resign because he was a political liablity, and he was asked to resign because he was leading the police force poorly. I'm not sure if the title of this thread is meant to say he should have been kept on? You can blaim it on him being Shiite, but wouldn't it have been easier to overcome the polical cost of him being a shiite if he had been doing a good job? SHould they have kept him on just because they don't want to get rid of a Shiite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Remember the rules gentlemen. If you are posting an article, you post it in proper form. Which is, "Source: Headline of article." This goes for Redskins stuff and Tailgate stuff. If you have commentary you'd like to make please feel free to do so in the body of your message or in following messages within the thread. Where you just MUST paraphrase the headline, then do so in a way that reflects the headline of the article, rather than your personal position on the contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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