The Prime Minister: How Tough Will He Get?
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Allawi's biggest challenge will be to maintain close ties with the U.S., which still provides for Iraq's security and reconstruction, while proving to Iraqis he's not a stooge. "Judging by the way he was selected, I don't expect much from him," says Sadoun al-Dulame, executive director of the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies. (U.S. authorities in Baghdad and Washington played an active but largely hidden role in Allawi's ascent.) "He will be a puppet for the people who gave him the job," al-Dulame says. If the U.S. wants Allawi to succeed, it may have little choice but to let him pull his own strings. --By Aparisim Ghosh/Baghdad
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