National assembly to meet
"Iraqi politicians set March 16 for the opening of the country's first democratically elected parliament in modern history as a deal hardened Sunday to name Jalal Talabani, a leader of the minority Kurds, to the largely ceremonial presidency."
"The powerful prime minister's job will go to Ibrahim Jaafari, a deeply conservative Shiite who is leader of the Islamic Daewa Party. His nomination, which the Kurds have agreed to, has been endorsed by the most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq — Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani."

"This was one of our firm demands and we agreed on it previously. The agreement states that Jalal Talabani takes the presidential post and one of the United Iraqi Alliance members takes the prime minister's post," Talabani spokesman Azad Jundiyan told the Associated Press."

"He added, however, that the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance also reached a preliminary agreement with the Kurds on their other conditions — including extending their territories to include Kirkuk."

"Jundiyan said they wanted the deal on paper before going though with it, while alliance officials, including Ahmed Chalabi, said those negotiations were not over."

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"The March 16 date was suggested by the Kurds. It is the anniversary of Iraq's use of poison gas against the Kurds under Saddam Hussein in the town of Halabja in northern Iraq in 1988".
 
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Iraq's National Assembly due to meet March 16
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