Turning the Screws

"As the political deadlock to form the Iraqi government continues, support for Jaafari within the United Iraqi Alliance continues to wane. Another influential member of the UIA has stepped forward and called for Jaafari's resignation following United Iraqi Alliance senior member Kasim Daoud's denouncement of Jaafari's candidacy. Jalal al-Deen al-Saghir, who according to Reuters "sits on SCIRI's main leadership council and is said by Shi'ite politicians to be close to top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani," has has publicly opposed Jaafari."
The fourth Rail