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Iraq TV Mon: Fighting Over a Parliament Speaker Biden Meets with
VIPs, 10 Arrested for Tearing Down Political Posters By DANIEL
W. SMITH 01/12/2009 8:00 PM ET The wrangling over who will
replace al-Mashhadani as speaker of Parliament got the most
sound bites on Monday night’s news(along with Gaza). Aside from
different candidates being chosen by different parties, members
of the Sunni Tawafoq coalition are of the firm mind that the
decision is up to them, and those not within Tawafoq(or those
who just left it), disagree. Candidates Usama al-Najafi and Ayad
al-Samarrai both have their cheering squads. Al-Samarrai's
detractors are saying he is not eligible because he has duel
Iraqi/British citizenship.  Several explosions on Monday were
prominent, except on government-backed al-Iraqiya, where more
time was given to 60 displaced families were shown returning
home. Al-Baghdadiya claimed that “Officials statements are in
conflict with the security si