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Last week’s turmoil in Iraqi political realm occasioned by the increasing influence of the Islamic State (former ISIS) in northern Iraq, led to the untimely exit of Nuri al-Maliki as Iraqi Prime Minister. With that emerged Haider al-Abadi, who was nominated on August 11 by raqi President Fouad Masoum Abadi. “The country is in your hands,” said Masoum, a Kurd, to the 62-year-old Shiite politician.
