Kawther Abdul-Ameer and Mussab al-Khairalla
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/ 17 April 2007

Iraqi govt ‘not weakened’ by al-Sadr pull-out

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday the withdrawal of ministers loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has not weakened his government and he will name technocrats to replace them soon. In the biggest Cabinet shake-up since al-Maliki took office a year ago, six Sadrist ministers pulled out of the government on Monday.