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...Dhiaa al-Asadi, a senior figure in the Sadrist Movement, first met Sadr when he was working for his father in his twenties....
...Sadr “announced that we want the position of the prime minister”, said Dhiaa al-Asadi, a senior member of the Sadrist movement, referring to a position typically agreed through parliamentary negotiation...
...Mr Sadr had grown increasingly upset by the protesters’ intransigence, said Dhiaa al-Asadi, a former Sadrist MP....
...According to Dhiaa al-Asadi, political adviser to Mr Sadr, Sairoon is stepping back because it “believes that the political parties are still insisting on choosing the prime minister themselves, which is...
...Chinese tour groups in Moscow’s Red Square, outside the Louvre museum in Paris and under the shadow of Dubai’s Burj al-Arab were, until this month, commonplace....
...“He’s a compromise prime minister . . . he feels he’s beholden to some political parties,” said Dhia al-Asadi, political adviser to Mr al-Sadr and Sairoon....
...Dhiaa al-Asadi, an MP close to Mr Sadr, told the Financial Times that Sairoon wanted “balanced” relations with its neighbours and the international community....
...demonstrations, people just broke into the streets and they are protesting . . . the deterioration of the situation on different levels, and this is what makes it really serious, and dangerous even,” said Dhiaa al-Asadi...
...“We want a functioning government that is led by people who are principled and are not under the influence of external powers,” Dhiaa al-Asadi, a Sadrist official, told the Financial Times....
...“By 2035, we will have lost 11bn cubic metres of water,” says Jassim al-Asadi, an environmentalist at Nature Iraq — a decline that will make it even harder to meet the projected annual demand of 71bn cubic...
...“A black, black comedy,” is how Sarmad al-Tahai, a columnist for al-Mada newspaper, describes the state of the country’s politics....
...“We are blaming al-Qaeda,” Mr Asadi said, although no group claimed responsibility for the attacks. “This is al-Qaeda’s tactic to target Shiite pilgrims.”...
...A report by the special inspector-general for Iraq construction quoted a senior Iraqi official, Adnan al-Asadi, complaining that most of the funds went on lodging and security....
...Adnan al-Asadi, the current deputy interior minister and a member of Mr Maliki’s Dawa party, said Mr Maliki plans to control the security ministries for up to three months pending a final decision....
...Among its crew of seasoned sailors was Mohsin Al Busaidi who entered the history books as the first Arab to sail nonstop around the world....
...What we have are political parties that are still preaching sectarian propaganda,” says Khaled al-Asadi, a parliamentarian with the Shia Dawa party of Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister....
...Asked by Judge Abdulamir Hassan al-Rubaie about his declared innocence, he said: “My reaction was natural, just like any Iraqi [would do].”...
...The first to sign it with a message of support was Dr Rajiha bint Abdulamir bin Ali, the Oman tourism minister who has been in touch with Al Busaidi on the boat via satellite phone....
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