Main Iraqi Sunni bloc chooses Jabouri as nominee for parliament speaker - lawmaker


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  • Sunday, 13 Jul 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's main Sunni political coalition chose lawmaker Salim al-Jabouri on Saturday night as its nominee for parliament speaker, a senior Sunni politician said.

"We have agreed on Salim Jabouri for the post of parliament speaker," said lamwaker Dhafer Al-Ani, a leading member of the new Sunni political coalition, called the Patriotic Alliance, which includes the major Sunni groups in parliament.

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