Contain humanitarian aid. Ferg we have breaking news from iraq. Nouri almaliki withdrew his candidacy for another term as Prime Minister. Announcing it during an address to the nation, and threw his support behind Prime Minister designate haider alabadi. He had been under pressure to resign after the countrys new president appointed a body to form a new body. He was first elected Prime Minister in 2006. Joining us on the phone is richard murphy, the former u. S. Assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs. Good to talk to you, sir. What is your reaction to the news that Nouri Almaliki is, in fact, going to step doing . Well, its, on one hand expected, but welcome news. He had become the symbol of a leadership which didnt seem to know how to be inclusive. To reach out to the other communities, the minorities in iraq, beyond the sort of inner core of his party, in the shiite leadership. This has given a head start to organizations such as the Islamic State to exploit the leader
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