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Dr. Shahristani further incurred the former dictator’s wrath by refusing to help build a<br />

nuclear weapon for the country.<br />

After a dramatic escape from prison in 1990, the former Oil minister fled to Kirkuk and<br />

participated in the Kurdish uprising.<br />

He was then smuggled into Iran on the back of a truck where he and his Canadian wife<br />

Bernice settled in Tehran and established an Iraqi refugee aid foundation.<br />

In the transitional government set up following the 2003 US-led invasion, Shahristani was<br />

appointed deputy speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly.<br />

He was twice considered for the post of Prime Minister before being appointed oil<br />

minister in May 2006.<br />

Following President Talabani’s official nomination of Nouri al-Maliki to the post of Prime<br />

Minister on Thursday, the latter must form a government within the constitutionally<br />

decreed 30 day period.<br />

The political blocs are currently studying a consensus mechanism to ensure a fair<br />

distribution of the sovereign and ministerial posts. (AK News)<br />

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An Iraqi Turkomen Legislature from al-Iraqiya Coalition has said that President Jalal<br />

Talabani had promised to grant the Turkomen community the post of vice-president or<br />

deputy prime minister in the new government.<br />

“President Jalal Talabani, in a meeting with Turkomen Members of Parliament on<br />

Sunday, has expressed support for our demands to get a leading state position in the<br />

government, such as vice-president or deputy prime minister,” Arshad al-Salehy told<br />

Aswat al-Iraq news agency.<br />

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