Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, of pro-Iranian Iraq, asserts his right to remain in office, and demands that Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush stop interfering in his nation. Al-Jaafari also defends his alliance with militant Shi’ite (partisans of Ali) cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Jaafari refuses to step down | News | Al Jazeera
www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/4/6/jaafari-refuses-to-step-down