U.S. Official Denies Shahristani to Be Iraqi PM

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hussain Shahristani is not going to be Iraq (news - web sites)'s prime minister, a senior official in the U.S.-led coalition authority in Baghdad said Wednesday, denying comments from U.S. officials in Washington.



"There's no final decision on candidates for prime minister," the official told Reuters, but added: "Anybody suggesting that Shahristani is the prime minister is wrong."


The official made it clear Shahristani would not be chosen as prime minister.


A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition authority, Dan Senor, told a news conference in Baghdad that the choice was up to the U.N. envoy. But he added: "My understanding is that that initial report about Mr. Shahristani is incorrect. And the report that there is actually a candidate nailed down is incorrect as well."

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=4&u=/nm/20040526/wl_nm/iraq_shahristani_denial_dc

Still, we seem to know who it's not going to be. Hmmmmmmmmm, interesting.