Interim Iraq leader is chosen
Ex-dissident emerges as pick of UN, council
BAGHDAD -- Iyad Allawi, a Shi'ite Muslim physician who tried to organize a CIA-backed coup against Saddam Hussein in 1996, has been chosen to lead the new Iraqi government when it takes power in a month, Iraqi and US officials involved in the selection process said yesterday. (Full Article: 1443 Words)
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