ALL THINGS COME TO HE WHO WAITS:

Sadrists Promised Major Positions in New Gov't (Shadha al-Jubori, 8/25/09, Asharq Al-Awsat)

Asmaa al-Mousawi, a high-ranking member of the Sadrist trend that is led by Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, revealed that the movement had received a number of assurances prior to it joining the Iraqi National Alliance, which replaces the United Iraqi Alliance. These assurances ensure that there is no repeat of the "mistakes" of the United Iraqi Alliance which resulted in the withdrawal of one party from the coalition, and the split of another. These assurances include the Sadrist trend being offered high-ranking positions in government should the Shiite coalition win the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Iraq.