Iraqi Council Struggles With Presidency

World | May 30, 2004, Sunday // 00:00

Iraq's Governing Council met Sunday to try to finalize the makeup of the new government to take power June 30, with the post of figurehead president emerging as the main stumbling block to an agreement. The prime minister's post, the top job in the new interim government, went Friday to a Shiite Muslim and close ties to the Americans - Iyad Allawi. Al-Yawer is a member of one of the largest tribes in the region and has the support of Shiites and Kurds on the US-appointed council.

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