AP: Iraqi leader may reshuffle Cabinet

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Thursday, November 2, 2006 · Last updated 8:35 a.m. PT

Iraqi leader may reshuffle Cabinet

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In a bid to salvage his government's faltering image,
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki plans to reshuffle his 39-member Cabinet,
possibly this month, lawmakers and close aides of the Shiite leader said
Thursday.

Details of the reshuffle remained sketchy, but as many as a third of Cabinet
posts could change hands in an apparent bid to improve the performance of
some ministries as the government faces criticism that it has been ineffective.

The changes were almost certain to touch the Shiite-dominated Interior
Ministry, which oversees the police.

"The prime minister is considering a reshuffle within the next few weeks,"
Ali al-Adeeb, a lawmaker of al-Maliki's Dawa Party, told The Associated Press.
"It will cover about a third of the serving ministers, including one with a
security brief."

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