According to a well-informed source, three officials in the current Iraqi government will keep their posts after the elections and will not face any changes. Two of the officials are Kurds, namely deputy Prime Minister Dr Barham Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari, and the third one is an Arab, namely Minister of Finance Adil Mahdi. The source indicated that this was at a request by the Americans.
(Description of Source: Arbil Jamawar, weekly independent newspaper)
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