Iraq's acting PM resigns after PM-designate withdraws candidacy
Ahmed al-Badri, a protester from Baghdad, said pressure from the protests caused the disagreement over cabinet positions that preceded Allawi’s departure.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi speaks during a symbolic funeral ceremony of Major General Ali al-Lami, who commands the Iraqi Federal Police's Fourth Division, who was killed in Salahuddin, in Baghdad, Iraq October 23, 201(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALID AL MOUSILY)ByMEDIA LINE