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Article: Ayad Allawi; Still Iraq's Top Dog, for Now.(Interview)
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- Newsweek International
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- March 28, 2005
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Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh
Officially, Ayad Allawi is still the leader of Iraq. In reality, he's on his way out. His political party, the Iraqi List, didn't do well in the elections six weeks ago, and his administration is popularly perceived as having botched the security situation. But when the National Assembly met for the first time last week in Baghdad and failed to form a new government, Allawi--whom the Governing Council picked to run the Iraqi interim government in June 2004--got to hold onto his job as prime minister. Having once escaped death at the hands of an ax-wielding assassin, he is nothing if not a survivor. Whoever ends up prime minister, ...