Consultations continue to form Iraqi government

The Iraqi political blocs which won the elections continued consultations in order to agree on a new government. This came at a time when the Iraqi capital Baghdad witnessed two attacks by two booby trapped cars that killed 11 Iraqis and injuring scores.

The political blocs met under the chairmanship of the Interim President Jalal al-Talibani and the presence of the American and British ambassadors in Baghdad. Talibani expressed his hope to "form a national unity government on the ground of actual participation of all sides without exception."

The prime minister whose term of office expired Ibrahim al-Jaaaari hoped that the coming phase will see vaster participation in the government and the next government to be a "united national unity government that reflects the reality of the Iraqi political arena."

Member of the Iraqi United List ( Shiite), the big winner in the legislative elections, Sheikh Khaled al-Ateyah said that members of the list agreed on a mechanism to choose a prime minister among four candidates who are Ibrahim al-Jaafari from al-Dawa (call) party, Adel Abdul Mahdi from the Higher Council For The Islamic Revolution in Iraq and Nadim al-Jabiri from al-Fadila party and Hussein al-Shahristani from The Independents Bloc.