Iraqi lawmakers approve a new government after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals
Members of the Iraqi parliament gather before the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, May 7, 2020.
They accuse the political class that took over after the 2003 U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein of corruption that has driven the country into dysfunction and economic ruin. Voting on the oil and foreign ministries was delayed as the parties failed to agree on candidates. They rejected the incoming premier's picks for justice, agriculture and trade.
Iraqi officials say Kadhimi is acceptable to both the United States and Iran, whose battle for influence over Iraq has boiled into open confrontation in the past year.The United States killed Iranian military mastermind Qassem Soleimani and his close ally the Iraqi paramilitary leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis in a drone strike next to Baghdad International Airport in January.
Rockets have regularly been fired near the US embassy in Baghdad. None of the rocket attacks have been claimed by known Iran-backed groups.
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