So…last Wednesday Feb 12th, we read that quote – “Muhammad Allawi succeeds in completing his cabinet, away from the interference of the blocs and their pressures” Did this really occur? We know for a fact that if Allawi really has the overwhelming support for his new government, as he claims, then he would have already presented the candidates and a vote would have been conducted in a “extra-ordinary” session as they claim they were going to do on Sunday Feb 16th…but now we hear that parliament went on recess and so they can’t even vote until Thursday. So where does this issue of getting Allwai and the new government ratified in parliament really stand? They are still fighting with the blocks who want the quota system and the corrupt people put in these positions. So recently there was a meeting and they discussed 6 points of contention with leaving the Us military in place in Iraq. This meeting went well. The US is still going to remain in Iraq and have a strong presence. So the US is going to back Allawi and his new government. Now that this is taken care of we will see the progression on Allwai and his new government move ahead quickly.