The New Triumvirate

There's good news out of Iraq.

Iraqi Shia leader Ibrahim Jaafari has been named prime minister of the country's new interim government.

He was appointed shortly after Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was sworn in as Iraq's new interim president.

Outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has resigned, but will continue his work until Mr Jaafari names his government.

The transitional government's main task will be to oversee the drafting of a permanent Iraqi constitution and to pave the way for elections in December.

If I'm not mistaken, the Speaker of the Parliament is a Sunni. So you've got the three major heads of the government, and they're a Shi'i, a Sunni, and a Kurd. Under Saddam Hussein it was nothing but Sunnis from Tikrit.

This is outstanding. Here's another link.